Hello Maurice.

06 Jan 07 19:15, you wrote to me:

 RT>> Eish, always something ...

 MK> For sure.  However I did manage to get a ~130M gcc (c only) system put
 MK> together for 64-bit ttylinux development put together yesterday.  I
 MK> can trim it down now that it is built by packaging up the tools I'll
 MK> need and leaving out the ones that were only needed to build it in the
 MK> first place.  I think I better back it up first as is so I won't have
 MK> to jusmp through that hoop again if I need to.

Talking of back-ups, I think I better tar up my current Zimbabwe_Point_System, 
and put copies on a few different boxes here, and write to my last blank 
CD-ROM, with all the required config files ... , that has been a hoop that I 
really don't want to jump thru again too soon ...

 MK>>> Or pppd on serial (POTs) connections.

 RT>> Not tried that yet ...

 MK> I did ~10 years ago when it mattered.  Worked great for all sorts of
 MK> things.

Something to consider ... , then ...

 RTBG>

 MK> He is currently having issues with Debian.  I looked at some of their
 MK> kernel headers and they are in worse shape then I am in that regard -
 MK> or at least in the 'cutting edge' department.  Good to see that I am
 MK> not the only one experiencing the identical problem.

One never has complete control, as one always has a dependency on someone 
elses work ... , 

Russell

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