> Thanks for all the helpful suggestions. > csup worked like a charm and solved the problem. I will be rebuilding my > ports gradually, starting with the development ports like Perl, gcc, > clang etc. > > I am also experimenting with a custom kernel where I am eliminating > drivers and modules for isa, wireless devices and hardware only found on > laptops. The early results are encouraging. I run Folding_at_home in a > VirtualBox with Unbuntu x64 as a guest OS. Since trying a custom kernel, > floating point performance has improved over 20%. This may also be due > to some kernel improvements in FreeBSD 9. So far I am very impressed > with the stability of the OS. I have not had problems with any of the > programs that I run on a regular basis. I had expected to hit more bugs. > I will get started on the rebuilds but with 1700 ports installed, I will > wait for a free weekend to compile the big stuff. > Thanks again > Ralph Ellis > ralphellis1_at_netscape.ca > > Glad to hear everything worked out in the end! Just a side note, clang is already included in the base system in FreeBSD 9, so unless you've opted out from that with WITHOUT_CLANG in /etc/src.conf then you don't need the port. Regards! //NiclasReceived on Fri Sep 24 2010 - 06:21:56 UTC
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