Gentoo Archives: gentoo-user

From: Thomas Mueller <mueller6724@×××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] slot conflict for the same package: how to add a USE flag?
Date: Thu, 21 May 2020 08:46:27
Message-Id: 20200521084621.42323E0849@pigeon.gentoo.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] slot conflict for the same package: how to add a USE flag? by n952162
1 > from n952162:
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3 > > And really unless you REALLY care about your CFLAGS you get 99% of the
4 > > benefit just sticking with the original stage3 and just rebuilding
5 > > anything you change USE flags for. Over time it will all get rebuilt
6 > > anyway using your preferences.
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8 > If I understand that correctly, using the stage3 tarball will give me a
9 > fully functioning system from binaries, but I can convert that in one
10 > fell swoop into sources by re-emerging everything, saving me the hassle
11 > of the bootstrap.=C2=A0 Of course, a trojan horse could be in that tarball
12 > and squirrel itself away ... but then, I'm not supporting Fort Knox,
13 > either...=C2=A0 that'll save some work ;-)
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15 What do you refer to by "bootstrap"?
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17 Do you mean setup.py in the portage tree?
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19 Tom