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On Fri, Apr 14, 2006 at 06:31:31PM -0500, Allen Rohner wrote: |
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> I have been a Gentoo user for several years, but this is my first step into |
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> gentoo development. I'm looking at the feasability of using gentoo for a |
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> product at work. Is it possible to use a Gentoo host machine to create a |
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> linux 'image' (ramdisk/ext2fs/iso) that does not contain portage or gcc? I |
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> have looked at several embedded gentoo web pages, and am familiar with the |
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> "ROOT=/opt/image emerge busybox dropbear" type command line, but all of the |
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> examples I've seen create a portage tree on the image. Additionally, getting |
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> past bootstrap.sh is painful. |
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Yes, use catalyst to generate a stage4/LiveCD and then add gcc to your list |
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of packages to unmerge once the stage4/LiveCD is ready. |
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> Is this possible? Is it a good idea? |
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Yes and maybe if you're limited on space. If you're doing this for a server |
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which you want to keep flexible and manageable I'd say it's a bad idea. Removing |
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Portage itself probably isn't a good idea, having systems without a Portage |
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tree works fine (you can just emerge sync it back in when you need it). |
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