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On Sun, 11 Sep 2005 18:33:20 +1200, Nick Rout wrote: |
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> I imagine he read the install instructions, which are pretty clear about |
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> doing an |
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> emerge --emptytree system |
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> What makes you think this is wrong? |
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> http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-x86.xml?part=1&chap=6#doc_chap2 |
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This is about building the system, not rebuilding it. Ay this point of |
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the installation, system has not been merged, so the only rebuilding |
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--emptytree does is the packages installed by bootstrap.sh. As the about |
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docs say, --emptytree is only needed then if you have changed your CFLAGS, |
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otherwise --newuse is sufficient. |
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Rebuilding an entire system that is working fine is a clear breach of "if |
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it ain't broke, don't fix it", so should only be done if you are aware of |
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the potential problems and consequences, and how to deal with them. |
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Neil Bothwick |
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