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one good idea would maybe be to put ALL the gentoo documentation on the |
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bootable CD-ROM, wouldn't it ? |
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if it was as .txt, like /install.txt, it'd be way easier to consult it, and |
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it's during the |
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bootstrapping / install that we have the time to read all of it ;-) |
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sam |
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----- Original Message ----- |
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From: "Marcus Przyklink" <downhill@××××××××××.de> |
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To: <gentoo-dev@g.o> |
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Sent: Saturday, August 24, 2002 11:19 PM |
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Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Just some Feedback |
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> Jan Schubert wrote: |
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> > Just installed gentoo (stage1-1.4) and i'm very satisfied. Your install |
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> > guide is one of the best documentation i've ever seen - short and |
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extensive. |
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> |
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> full ACK. The gentoo documentation is really good. |
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> |
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> > There are just some very small points to mention: |
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> > - You should make very clear that tmpfs and devfs is needed while |
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> > configuring the kernel (you should also mention, that tmpfs means |
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> > "Virtual Memory FS") |
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> > - you should include some more examples for CFLAGS in make.conf |
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> > (Pentium4, Athlon) |
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> |
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> I think you can find full explanation of the CFLAGS in the internet or |
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> in the manpage of gcc, I like the short gentoo documentation. But maybe |
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> a link to an online manpage of gcc would be good. |
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> |
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> > And the most important thing: Why is there no vi(m) included in the |
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> > base-system? For many advanced users this is the only usable editor, i |
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> > had some problems using nano... |
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> |
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> There is nothing like the only usable editor or such, some people like |
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> joe, some pico/nano, some vim, some emacs. I think nano is quite a good |
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> choice, small and easy to use. I'm too a vim-fan, but feel comfortable |
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> with nano as standardeditor. |
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> |
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> > I've seen, that some ebuilds are not at the edge of the time: Perl is |
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> > still 5.6.1, but 5.8 is out for some weeks now; Gentoo-sources refers |
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> > still to a 2.4.19-pre |
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> Perl 5.8 is masked because of some incompatibleties. You can unmask |
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> it by editing /usr/portage/profiles/packages.mask and comment the |
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> line with perl 5.8. And the kernelsources are 2.4.19 without pre here, |
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> maybe you should do an emerge rsync. |
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> |
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> Bye, |
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> Marcus |
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> |
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> -- |
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> There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing |
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> is a miracle. The other is as though everything ist. |
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> [Albert Einstein] |
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