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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 00:25:23
Message-Id: 1138234842.10589.32.camel@cgianelloni.nuvox.net
In Reply to: [gentoo-dev] Re: Re: Re: bootstrapping since gcc 3.4 is stable by MIkey
1 On Wed, 2006-01-25 at 17:50 -0600, MIkey wrote:
2 > Chris Gianelloni wrote:
3 >
4 > > You're reading it wrong. The bootstrap USE flag is set during
5 > > bootstrap, not the build USE flag. This means libstdc++-v3 (or gcc 3.3)
6 > > is required at the bootstrap level. The reason that libstdc++-v3
7 >
8 > My mistake, it is just portage that gets that build flag during
9 > bootstrapping. Just out of curiosity, what does utilize the "build" flag,
10 > other than portage during bootstrapping?
11
12 It is used in building the stage1 tarball itself. All of the packages
13 that have the build USE flag have it because it reduces functionality in
14 the package to just what is needed for bootstrap to complete for the
15 stage1 tarball.
16
17 --
18 Chris Gianelloni
19 Release Engineering - Strategic Lead
20 x86 Architecture Team
21 Games - Developer
22 Gentoo Linux

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