Re: [gentoo-dev] rfc: oldnet scripts splitting out from OpenRC

[Tom Wijsman]

On Thu, 25 Apr 2013 17:13:56 +0000
Carlos Silva <r3pek@×××××.org> wrote:

> On Thu, Apr 25, 2013 at 4:58 PM, Rich Freeman <rich0@g.o>
> wrote:
>
> > It it isn't necessary for a system to have support for either
> > oldnet or newnet.  Sure, it is rare these days, but networking
> > support should be a default, not a requirement.
>
> Care to explain how will the installation be done if "networking"
> isn't requirement? Maybe I missed the news about gentoo being and
> offline-instalable :X

Rich isn't talking about the installation, which should not change;
it's just a hypothetical thought. But you can deduce it anyway:

For the installation, "networking support should be a default".

If you don't want networking support, you're on your own to find
methods that allow you to offline installations and implement them; the
way the Portage tree works is that you will need all the distfiles in
place to be able to do an offline installatation, that can be tricky.
The stage4 method mentioned in another reply is one possible approach.

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Tom Wijsman (TomWij)
Gentoo Developer

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