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> -----Original Message----- |
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> From: Neil Bothwick [mailto:neil@××××××××××.uk] |
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> Sent: Wednesday, May 31, 2006 11:57 AM |
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> To: gentoo-user@l.g.o |
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> Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Reconstructing a Gentoo Installer Computer |
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> On Wed, 31 May 2006 10:46:18 -0400, Timothy A. Holmes wrote: |
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> > I was hoping to |
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> > rescue the additional time for the snort install etc by being able |
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to |
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> > just recompile stuff rather than have to start over from the |
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beginning, |
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> > the system is currently running, so I may just end up putting off |
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the |
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> > rebuild till this summer when I have a bit more time -- I was hoping |
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to |
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> > be able to change the use flags, build a new kernel and be done with |
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it, |
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> > but that doesn't look to be the case |
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> It should be the case. it's not much different from doing a stage 3 |
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> install then changing USE flags etc. I've done that with no problems. |
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> What went wrong when you tried this before, or was it a case of |
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changing |
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> too much at once so you couldn't find the source of the problem? |
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> However, Michael's point about starting afresh with a hardened setup |
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is a |
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> good one. It sounds much safer for a security box. |
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> -- |
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> Neil Bothwick |
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> "getting performance from an Amiga is like getting water from a |
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sponge, |
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> getting performance from Windows is like getting blood from a stone - |
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> after banging my head against the stone several times I got some |
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blood" |
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> Author of Lightwave 3D |
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[Timothy A. Holmes] |
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Neil: |
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the problem before was an incomplete understanding of how the USE Flags |
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worked, and a mis-understanding of some advice that I was given. The |
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procedure that I used last time was: |
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rebuild the kernel |
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Set use to USE="-*" |
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Emerge -e world |
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That procedure with the USE flags is what killed me. What I should have |
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done -- it now appears was to set use to blank (or comment it out) and |
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allow it to use the base flags from the profile. But trying to |
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recompile from base with all use flags specifically excluded is what |
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began to break stuff |
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TIM |
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Timothy A. Holmes |
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IT Manager / Network Admin / Web Master / Computer Teacher |
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Medina Christian Academy |
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A Higher Standard... |
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Jeremiah 33:3 |
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Jeremiah 29:11 |
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Esther 4:14 |
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