Ok guys I'm having fun

I have already compiled and installed sucessfuly kernel 2.6.12.2 as well as X11 (From Slackware Current Source using the slackbuild modifed for i686 & using slkcflag O3)

Everything is great so far.

Next I will recompile KDE.

I have a few questions.

1. After compiling and building the packages, some stuff lingers around in /tmp. What is supposed to be there. I know I should clean it out after the builds. What should I not delete from /tmp?

2. I am going after the packages that I use the most because there I may find a second or two in speed increase. What other packages should I go after next? Eventually I plan on redoing everyone of them. It's fun and I am learning lots about Slackware in the process. Any recommendations?

For me, it is safe to remove all the /tmp content .I did it once
and was not annoyed, I think the /tmp content is created
dynamically if needed.

Of course, maybe the safiest way is to delete the /tmp content
in init 1 runlevel or at least not with X running..

For the 2. Try to compile glibc package maybe ?

Thanks

Cleaning /tmp while in run level 1 sounds like a safe bet. I can compare it to runlevel 4 and see what is being created dynamically.

Thanks again!!

Isn't glibc needed by everything to run? How could I safely replace the original glibc with the newly comiled one? In what steps should I do that to avoid having a dead system?

haha - hope you've got a few days to spare!

Well, if you compile it and create carefully the glibc package
as the official one, there is no difference with upgrade glibc
procedure, upgradepkg --reinstall glibc.xx.tgz, you could
even do it in runlevel 1 as advised. Do not forget that
the current glibc is in computer memory when you do these
things, so even if libc.6.so is deleted, glibc should continue to
run (but of course don't delete it as you could not start
programs linked to it).

That's comforting to know that it's in memory.





You know, I wasn't aware of that flag "--reinstall".

I really need to do my homework. I didn't know upgradepkg had flags.

Mega-Thanks!!!

Oh, I just googled upgradepkg and found this...

To upgrade a package with the same name, the correct syntax is (in my example).......

upgradepkg glibc-2.3.5-i386-1.tgz%glibc-2.3.5-i686-1.tgz

Is that correct in your opinion?