> Think about this.
>
> nano -w /etc/make.conf
> scripts/bootstrap.sh
> emerge -e system
>
> Now, think about this.
>
> tar xjpf /mnt/cdrom/stage3-x86-2005.1.tar.bz2
> nano -w /etc/make.conf
> emerge -e system
>
> Both produce the same output when you are done.  Both give you a
> customized system with *your* choices of USE and CFLAGS.  However, only
> the stage3 method *ensures* that you have a complete and usable system
> to perform your installation.  The only thing that you have done by
> adding in the bootstrap step is you have compiled the toolchain twice,
> with 0 net gain.

When you use the stage 3 method and disable some USE-flags in make.conf that 
were used when building the stage3-file, what is the suggested method?

nano -w /etc/make.conf
scripts/bootstrap.sh
emerge -e system

or

nano -w /etc/make.conf
emerge -e system
emerge --depclean
revdep-rebuild

or?
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