RE: [gentoo-dev] Customised Gentoo "system"

[Sean Mitchell]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Daniel Robbins [mailto:drobbins@g.o]
> Sent: Wednesday, July 11, 2001 3:01 PM
> To: gentoo-dev@××××××××××.org
> Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Customised Gentoo "system"

> From "emerge --help system":
>
> emerge [ options ] system
>
> "emerge system" is the Portage system update command.  When run, it
> will scan the /etc/make.profile/packages file and determine what
> packages need to be installed so that your system meets the minimum
> requirements of your current system profile.  Note that this doesn't
> necessarily bring your system up-to-date at all; instead, it just
> ensures that you have no missing parts.  For example, if your system
> profile specifies that you should have sys-apps/iptables installed
> and you don't, then "emerge system" will install it (the most
> recent version that matches the profile spec) for you.  It's always a
> good idea to do an "emerge --pretend system" before an "emerge
> system", just so you know what emerge is planning to do.

Perfect. The more I learn about this little beauty the more I like it!

So basically all that's needed to create a custom gentoo based distro is to
edit the /etc/make.profile/packages file.

Cheers,

Sean

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