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From: Chris Gianelloni <wolf31o2@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: Re: Re: bootstrapping since gcc 3.4 is stable
Date: Thu, 26 Jan 2006 14:12:11
Message-Id: 1138284384.10589.48.camel@cgianelloni.nuvox.net
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: Re: Re: bootstrapping since gcc 3.4 is stable by Mikey
1 On Wed, 2006-01-25 at 20:23 -0600, Mikey wrote:
2 > If you actually downloaded a "pristine" stage1 or a stage3 tarball you might
3 > notice that there are, in fact, packages already present in world. Glibc,
4 > gettext, nano, gzip, and linux-headers. Not that that matters one iota to
5 > this conversation, but you need to get your own facts straight before
6 > running around calling people idiots.
7
8 Damn. I have to bite.
9
10 All of these are in system, so please, give up until you have a clue
11 what you're talking about.
12
13 > The difference in doing from stage1 instead of stage3 is you don't have to
14 > go through a gcc migration to prevent your build from being unusable. You
15 > also go through 1 gcc upgrade (gcc 3.3.5 -> gcc 3.4.4), not 3 (3.3.5 ->
16 > 3.3.6 -> 3.4.4). We are talking reality here, not fantasy.
17
18 You don't have to go through the whole migration to work from a stage3,
19 either. Just because *you* did doesn't mean it is required, in any way.
20
21 --
22 Chris Gianelloni
23 Release Engineering - Strategic Lead
24 x86 Architecture Team
25 Games - Developer
26 Gentoo Linux

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Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: Re: Re: bootstrapping since gcc 3.4 is stable Mikey <mikey@×××××××××××.com>
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