IPC is for what again?

[faboo]

so apparently, the version of linux+glibc I'm running on this box doesn't support sharing POSIX semaphores across processes1. I wonder how many resource control situations involve a single thread, and if they actually significally out-weigh multi-threaded situations. linux supports SystemV semaphores which don't apparently have this limitation, but

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[ellf]

If you're running gentoo, it's actually quite possible to rebuild glibc and the rest of the toolkit (gcc, ld, etc.) - it takes a few passes to do it right, but you can swap things like that around.

If I've understood your problem correctly. :)

[faboo]

I'm not. really, rebuilding glibc and all that isn't that bad, but most of this system is woefully out of date (due to being un-bootable for four months) and I might as well just replace the whole shebang in one shot.

I'd actually attempted to install gentoo on it with a livecd, but the installer wanted to resize my windows partition... which it crashed while doing. so I have to unplug that drive to do the install, and I'm not entirely sure which one it is (physically I mean). I thought about using a stage cd to do the install myself, but the last time I tried that (about a month ago) on another machine it was a massive pain in the ass.

my next free weekend (unfortunately not this one or the next) it's a done deal though :)

[codepoet]

I can lend a hand the next time I'm over for NWN, if you want.

What does POSIX mean/stand for, anyway?

[faboo]

Portable Operating System Interface for UNIX

it's a core level of compatibility, with supporting documents for just about everything (system calls, how the shell behaves, options to tar, blah blah)

I could definitely dig some assistance. operating system installs are much less irritating if there's somebody else there to bare witness :)

[fedexecutor]

I never thought I'd say this but... the Sir Mixalot was the only thing I understood about that entire post. :)

[faboo]

sometimes, that's all one needs to understand ;)