On a sunny day (Tue, 10 Mar 2020 09:39:13 +0100) it happened Deloptes
 wrote in :

>mm0fmf wrote:
>
>> Unless you have a desperate urge to actually  do the building on a Pi
>> then Cross LFS may be the best solution. For me, I've spent a lifetime
>> waiting for computers to do jobs, I want things faster. I have fewer
>> minutes left on Earth that I have already spent, so waiting for a slow
>> (in relative terms) Pi to compile a few GB of source doesn't appeal.
>
>I was thinking that the computer does the job and not you - so why waiting.
>Drink coffee or beer or whatever - the computer will finish its job. You
>could even make it text you when done :)
>I guess you are impatient that is a problem. Since children came up in my
>life, it doesn't matter how long something compiles. You don't have time to
>wait anyway, cause there are more important things to do.
>
>Have family and children and enjoy life!

True, in the long ago past when video encoding was less than real time
I would just have it run at night (encode a movie to whatever and add effects,
subtitles etc).

But to compile something that may halt anytime with some cryptic
error message like missing libraries etc ... you'd better watch the screen.
LOL

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