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On Fri, 2006-01-20 at 13:58 -0500, Andrew Kesterson wrote: |
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> This is going to sound a bit elitist, but was it really necessary |
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> to remove install instructions for a stage 1/2 from the handbook? |
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Technically no, but support / bugfixing was problematic. |
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> It seems |
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> to me like, if someone doesn't know what they're doing when they start a |
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> stage 1, then they should not be surprised when they bork the install. |
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> Besides, it's all very plainly laid out; or at least it was. |
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Tell that to the "U b0rk my gent00, u suck!!!!!!!!" bugreporters ;-) |
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On a more serious note, the handbook suggested stage3 for beginners as |
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far as I remember, but noone reads the handbook ... |
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> Hope I don't forget how to do it the next time I setup a |
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> workstation. :-P Is there at least going to be a FAQ for how to recompile |
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> a working server from the base system with custom CFLAGS and USE flags, |
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> for those who haven't done a stage 1 before? |
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edit settings |
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emerge gcc glibc binutils && emerge -e world |
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Or does that not do everything as you wish? |
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wkr, |
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Patrick |
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Stand still, and let the rest of the universe move |
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