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On 9/19/06, Alon Keren <alon.keren@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> My aim is to have the ability to regularly build and maintain |
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> completely customized Linux systems. |
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This should be possible by using your own local portage tree (probably |
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based initially on Gentoo's tree) that you update somewhat manually |
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with ebuilds and eclasses as you want. Combined with pre-built binary |
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packages, and a 'golden' portage configuration and world file, it |
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should be relatively simple & quick to stage a new system. |
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If Gentoo's minimal installation CD and a stage1 install doesn't work |
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for you, you can build your own release media with catalyst (no, it |
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isn't just for rebuilding the toolchain). |
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This _is_ going to require a solid understanding of how Gentoo/Portage |
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works, but not necessarily how to write ebuilds/eclasses. You need to |
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understand what we mean by "portage tree", "world file", "use flags", |
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"profile", "binary packages", etc. The best way to acquire this |
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knowledge is to install and use Gentoo, daily, for something |
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significant (like your desktop!). |
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> The ROOT variable is probably a major part of the solution, but is it |
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> enough? I've also found '/usr/portage/scripts/bootstrap.sh', which |
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> seems suspiciously relevant, but comes with little external |
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> documentation. |
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bootstrap.sh _is_ for only rebuilding the toolchain. Probably not |
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what you want at all.... |
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The ROOT variable is used to install packages into a different (fex |
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chroot) directory. It is usually used for things like |
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cross-compilation environments where one wants to build binary |
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packages for another system, although not always. |
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The normal way of installing a new system in a chroot from a live |
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system is to use the "Knoppix Installation" instructions [1]. |
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-Richard |
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[1] http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/altinstall.xml#doc_chap3 |
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