Re: [gentoo-catalyst] Sort of Build Platform

[Shinkan]

2009/11/25 Peter Stuge

> Pierre,
>
> Please don't top-post.
>

Thanks again and sorry but I don't get what "top-post" means ... I guess
it's about answering on top of history mails ?
I'm kinda new to mailing-lists...


>  > Can catalyst still do the job ?
>
> For the fourth time: catalyst does what you want.
>

Sorry for that too, I'm also new to Gentoo, and for an unknown reason, I
trust it for a big project, so I must be sure of many things...


> It uses emerge to build and install all packages in the stage. It
>

It's not clear to me on that point: is the
"currently-being-built-stage-or-livecd" emerge used, or is it the
"catalyst-running-host" emerge ?


> Because your target or guest system will be sufficiently different
> from what the Gentoo profiles are intended for.
>

After many doc reads, what you say now seems obvious to me. I must create a
profile to specify base systems packages, and many "default" things.
My problem is that it appears that it cannot be done properly and easily :
Catalyst requires a /usr/portage related profile path, but putting a custom
profile here would kinda break original Gentoo portage tree.
I tried to put a custom profile in /usr/local/portage/profiles and
specifying a "PORTDIR_OVERLAY" in my make.conf, but the profile didn't show
up in "eselect profile list" so I guess Catalyst won't see it.
How can I tell catalyst to use my custom profile without putting
"will-be-deleted-on-next-sync" garbare in official portage tree ?
I didn't found any doc on this.

Thanks in advance.

-- 
Pierre.
"Sometimes when I'm talking, my words can't keep up with my thoughts. I
wonder why we think faster than we speak. Probably so we can think twice." -
Bill Watterson