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Not really about programming, but not about Linux either so... (who
didn't add a .bsd to rocksolid.* anyway!)?

I've been compiling Waterfox in FreeBSD for about the past 9 hours or
so. I hope I live long enough to see if it works.

(I'm probably doing it wrong)
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Retro Guy
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On Tue, 3 Dec 2024 19:17:46 +0000, Retro Guy wrote:

I've been compiling Waterfox in FreeBSD for about the past 9 hours or
so. I hope I live long enough to see if it works.

Sounds long. What kind of hardware or VM are you doing it on?
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On Wed, 4 Dec 2024 10:36:59 +0000, George Musk wrote:

On Tue, 3 Dec 2024 19:17:46 +0000, Retro Guy wrote:

I've been compiling Waterfox in FreeBSD for about the past 9 hours or
so. I hope I live long enough to see if it works.

Sounds long. What kind of hardware or VM are you doing it on?

I think it's because the install is new and all the required tools need
to be compiled also. I woke up to a Y/N prompt for something, so it's
still going :)

I also see my ports dir is now 55G.

It's a KVM on a reasonably fast system with lots of memory. Local
desktop. I'm just playing around with FreeBSD right now to get a feel
for it.
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Retro Guy
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On Wed, 4 Dec 2024 11:08:30 +0000, Retro Guy wrote:

On Wed, 4 Dec 2024 10:36:59 +0000, George Musk wrote:

On Tue, 3 Dec 2024 19:17:46 +0000, Retro Guy wrote:

I've been compiling Waterfox in FreeBSD for about the past 9 hours or
so. I hope I live long enough to see if it works.

Sounds long. What kind of hardware or VM are you doing it on?

I think it's because the install is new and all the required tools need
to be compiled also. I woke up to a Y/N prompt for something, so it's
still going :)

I also see my ports dir is now 55G.

It's a KVM on a reasonably fast system with lots of memory. Local
desktop. I'm just playing around with FreeBSD right now to get a feel
for it.

I'm taking bets as to when this will complete :) (not yet)
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Retro Guy
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On Wed, 4 Dec 2024 20:38:03 +0000, Retro Guy wrote:

On Wed, 4 Dec 2024 11:08:30 +0000, Retro Guy wrote:

On Wed, 4 Dec 2024 10:36:59 +0000, George Musk wrote:

On Tue, 3 Dec 2024 19:17:46 +0000, Retro Guy wrote:

I've been compiling Waterfox in FreeBSD for about the past 9 hours or
so. I hope I live long enough to see if it works.

Sounds long. What kind of hardware or VM are you doing it on?

I think it's because the install is new and all the required tools need
to be compiled also. I woke up to a Y/N prompt for something, so it's
still going :)

I also see my ports dir is now 55G.

It's a KVM on a reasonably fast system with lots of memory. Local
desktop. I'm just playing around with FreeBSD right now to get a feel
for it.

I'm taking bets as to when this will complete :) (not yet)

and... DONE!
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Retro Guy
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