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From: Paul de Vrieze <pauldv@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Creating multiple "installations" on the same host
Date: Wed, 24 Mar 2004 13:02:33
Message-Id: 200403241159.56694.pauldv@gentoo.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] Creating multiple "installations" on the same host by Georgi Georgiev
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4 On Wednesday 24 March 2004 02:23, Georgi Georgiev wrote:
5 > maillog: 23/03/2004-12:16:26(-0800): david@×××××××××.com types
6 >
7 > > If you are not cross compiling then you could just take a stage2
8 > > snapshot from a mirror somewhere, put it in /usr/stage2, then chroot
9 > > to there, with a fully functional toolchain/system and build to your
10 > > hearts desire.
11 >
12 > Here's a real-life example. Compiling packages on a fast desktop for a
13 > slow laptop.
14 >
15 > - I don't want to link /etc/make.conf to $LAPTOP/etc/make.conf, same
16 > going for /etc/portage/, etc, every time I compile something for the
17 > laptop (and not forget to revert the changes)
18 > - I don't want to chroot and build, because this takes forever
19
20 Why would chroot take any much more time than not using chroot? To use
21 the ROOT feature it is really necessary to have a root gentoo
22 installation to have any kind of guarantee that the packages will build
23 and run correctly. And even then there are issues regarding static
24 libraries and -march.
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26 Paul
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29 Paul de Vrieze
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31 Mail: pauldv@g.o
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Re: [gentoo-dev] Creating multiple "installations" on the same host Georgi Georgiev <chutz@×××.net>