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On Wed, Jul 11, 2001 at 08:45:46AM -0400, Sean Mitchell wrote: |
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> Perhaps I've missed this in the docs somewhere, but I'm not sure exactly |
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> what happens when I "emerge system". |
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> I presume there is a file somewhere that defines "system". What I'd like to |
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> do is create a custom one with a view to building a secure server. |
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> Can anyone shed a little light on this or point me to some docs that will |
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> help? |
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>From "emerge --help system": |
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emerge [ options ] system |
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"emerge system" is the Portage system update command. When run, it |
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will scan the /etc/make.profile/packages file and determine what |
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packages need to be installed so that your system meets the minimum |
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requirements of your current system profile. Note that this doesn't |
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necessarily bring your system up-to-date at all; instead, it just |
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ensures that you have no missing parts. For example, if your system |
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profile specifies that you should have sys-apps/iptables installed |
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and you don't, then "emerge system" will install it (the most |
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recent version that matches the profile spec) for you. It's always a |
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good idea to do an "emerge --pretend system" before an "emerge |
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system", just so you know what emerge is planning to do. |
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Daniel Robbins <drobbins@g.o> |
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President/CEO http://www.gentoo.org |
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Gentoo Technologies, Inc. |
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