Re: Manipulating C code at the AST level, in C

On 8/23/26 15:08, rbowman wrote:
> On Sun, 23 Aug 2026 04:16:13 -0400, c186282 wrote:
> 
> 
>>     The previous FIVE updates NEVER TOOK - poorly specified
>>     "dependencies" I wouldn't have the energy to track/fix regardless.
>>     "inxi -S" showed the ORIGINAL 7.x.x kernel was STILL ruling.
> 
> My Mint laptop is still 6.17. I don't always watch the update process so I
> assume it tried 7.0, failed in the DKMS attempt and stayed with 6.17. No
> big deal.
> 
>>     "apt dist-upgrade" works better than "upgrade" or "full-upgrade".
> 
> When I first installed Debian I was queasy about 'upgrade'. To me upgrade
> meant going to the new major release which I didn't want to do.
> 
>>     MX ... there are two versions ... the 'regular' version and the "AHS"
>>     (advanced hardware support) version. The AHS uses the 7.x.x kernels,
>>     the regular the 6.x.x ones. Have ONE box that actually NEEDS the AHS,
>>     but I've loaded it on a couple others Just Because.
> 
> I used the regular version. I don't have any hardware that needs the
> latest kernel.

   The last BMax box I bought, more recent Intel chip
   set, DID need the "AHS" version.

   Otherwise the 6.x.x kernels in the regular version
   are perfectly good.

>>     I'd find a Y2K version of SUSE, but it probably wouldn't recognize
>>     90% of my hardware
> 
> I still have the box set of 8.1. It would be interesting. I've got an old
> Compaq tower in the shed but I don't know what shape it's in. I may have
> stolen the PS. It would be the right vintage. I think it may be Mandrake
> if it boots at all.

   I wonder if an ancient version would run OK in, say, VirtualBox ?

   Ancient versions CAN be had ... might be worth an experiment.
   Ya ain't gonna get updates alas.

>>     Downloaded the most recent Mint ... I'll try it in a VM. It's still
>>     near the top of the DistroWatch list. I think "cachy.os", an Arch, is
>>     currently at the top. Don't love the Arch packaging scheme however
> 
> CachyOS supposedly has a kernel that's optimized for gamers although I
> have read reviews that weren't too impressed. There are subreddits like r/
> DistroHopping where many of the posts start with 'Can I run games?' etc.
> Distrowatch doesn't claim to know how many distros are installed, only the
> count of how many have been poking at the distro, sort of like the TIOBE
> index. Traffic consisting of 'WTF is Rust' doesn't translate to how many
> people actually use Rust.

   Really don't know much about 'cachy'. It was obscure until
   just recently. Never downloaded it. Probably works well
   with ONE currently-popular game platform.

   Anyway, DistroWatch just "watches" - sees how many have
   downloaded what of late. Reasons/results aren't relevant.
   Anyway, the good old top distros - Fedora, Deb, MX and
   a few others STICK to the top of their list. MX was on
   top for like two years, slipped to #3 of late.

   Anyway, *I* have been very happy with MX from LONG back.
   First to boot properly on my old EEEPC. "Mepis" was good
   too - and MX was an evolution, with some ANTIX sensible
   minimalism thrown in.