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On Sun, Aug 23, 2015 at 10:19 PM, Harry Putnam <reader@×××××××.com> wrote: |
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> Can anyone advise me which iso to use? And which profile to set for |
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> general use in a vbox, hopefully to allow a `no sweat' emerge to a |
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> full OS. |
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As others have pointed out you probably just need to update your gcc |
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and all will be well, or if you have it updated check gcc-config -l to |
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make sure you're using the latest version. |
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However, I did want to point out something else. Gentoo isos don't |
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actually contain any packages. They're nothing more than boot disks. |
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You can install Gentoo from an Ubuntu iso as easily as from a Gentoo |
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iso, and the Gentoo isos don't even boot on EFI. The software is all |
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in the stage3. However, I wouldn't really try to overwrite your |
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install with a stage3 at this point as it doesn't actually look like |
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you have any serious problems. You just need to do a bit of |
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housecleaning. |
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And a note to everybody else on the list: take it easy on the poor |
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guy. People used to other distros are used to doing things like |
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blowing away their installs every other year with a fresh install. |
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Release-based distros get people used to this kind of nonsense, and |
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the idea that FOSS comes on a shiny DVD. Portage's error messages |
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don't always help in this regard. Of course any Gentoo user has to be |
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willing to take the time to learn some of the nuts and bolts to keep |
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things running, but when it is obvious somebody doesn't understand |
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what they're doing we can educate rather than just point it out. |
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Rich |
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