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On Tue, Jun 14, 2011 at 07:38:56PM +0200, Ulrich Drolshagen wrote |
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> I'm not Dmitry but I am using 3.1 too. 3.1 is set as default by stage1 for |
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> some time now. No issues with 3.1 here though, at least none that |
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> are related to python. Why do they set it default by stage1 and |
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> warn not to use it at the same time? |
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Gentoo does not use that type of install anymore for standard installs. |
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Stage 1 is for experimentation and developers only, not for regular |
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users. The rules that apply to stage 1 do not apply to ordinary |
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installs. See http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/faq.xml#stage12 |
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> How do I Install Gentoo Using a Stage1 or Stage2 Tarball? |
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> The Gentoo Handbook only describes a Gentoo installation using |
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> a stage3 tarball. However, Gentoo still provides stage1 and stage2 |
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> tarballs. This is for development purposes (the Release Engineering |
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> team starts from a stage1 tarball to obtain a stage3) but shouldn't |
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> be used by users: a stage3 tarball can very well be used to bootstrap |
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> the system. You do need a working Internet connection. |
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Walter Dnes <waltdnes@××××××××.org> |