Re: default stage3 (was : [gentoo-user] Is Gentoo still on the right path?)

[Neil Bothwick]

On Tue, 22 Nov 2005 01:40:02 +0100, Holly Bostick wrote:

> Myself, I don't consider that either a stage 1 or stage 3 leaves me with
> more than a minimally functional system after the initial install, but a
> stage 3 leaves me with a *higher functioning* minimal install than a
> stage 1 does.

A stage 3 install doesn't give you any more than a stage 1. all it means
is you skip some laborious and time-consuming steps in the handbook, you
end up in the same place.

> But at least after a stage 3, I don't have to be *uncomfortable* while
> I'm waiting to get my system up to my personal spec-- I can still *use*
> Mozilla, even if it's compiled with Mail, and Composer, and IRC, while I
> wait for it to recompile with the -moz*** USE flags.

You can't, stage 3 doesn't even include X. However, you can use the GRP
packages with a stage 3 installation, because the flags are all at
default, so you can merge your preferred DE, mail and browser as binary
packages in a few minutes.

If you like ~arch, you don't even need an emerge --emptytree after the
system is running, as emerge -uDN world after changing KEYWORDS and
USE will update just about everything anyway.


-- 
Neil Bothwick

Any program which runs right is obsolete.