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Hi Felipe. |
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On Sunday 16 March 2003 11:49, Felipe Ghellar wrote: |
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> Ok, let's simulate the installation process... |
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> 1) I preapare everything according to the Install Guide |
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> 2) I set up my make.conf the way I want it, with ~x86 |
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> 3) I run bootstrap.sh; it ignores my "unstable" choice and builds a |
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> "stable" base system |
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> 4) I run emerge system and then complete the installation |
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> 5) later, I run emerge --sync and emerge -u --deep system; it now |
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> follows my "unstable" choice and brings in all those packages |
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> bootstrap.sh ignored |
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The point is: bootstrap.sh buildlarge number of packets, gcc - twice and glibc |
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once just to name the largest ones. If you get problems during bootstrap, you |
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will have to identify it, correct your settings and rebootstrap.... Which |
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potentially is a much larger waste of time. And by using "whatever pleases" |
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at *this* point we are bringing the chances of failure to a noticeably high |
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rate... Therefore I think the present way of enforcing stable profile is a |
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right way to do it in general. |
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That said, I agree with your point that gentoo, being a meta-distribution, |
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should allow its users to break itself as they wish ;). And the best way to |
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accomodate this would be to add a short note (with appropriate disclaimer, |
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like "we warned you, if you still insisted, please try to sort your screw-ups |
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yourself...") to install instructions. Just a regular note in pp11 or 12 |
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should be fine - not too much noticeable/intrusive, but people looking for |
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that kind of info will find it.. |
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As for possible arguments, that the aove scenario is not such a waste of time, |
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because you can modify bootstrap.sh to omit recompilations.. Well, if you are |
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going to modify bootstrap.sh, you will notice what it does and will probably |
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modify it so it picks up your wanted packges in the first place... |
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BTW, please feel free to add these comments to the bug you mentioned, so that |
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somebody may consider modifying docs to suit the situation.. |
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George |
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