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On 18/08/15 02:58, »Q« wrote: |
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> On Mon, 17 Aug 2015 20:46:44 +0200 |
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> Alan McKinnon <alan.mckinnon@×××××.com> wrote: |
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>> Er, no. You don't. You really, really REALLY don't want to go Stage |
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>> 1 :-) |
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>> My second install was a stage 1, way back in the day when the stage 3s |
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>> weren't fully usable out of the box yet. My first was a stage 2 (fully |
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>> documented back then) and for the second one I decided to be brave. |
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>> I did learn something, but it really wasn't worth the effort. |
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> For my second or third install I also used a stage 2, and I completely |
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> agree with you. |
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sort of ... conditions were different |
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"in the beginning" a stage 1 was all there was. We used to sneer at |
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those too soft to do it hard core :) |
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When viable stage 3's became available, the handbook gradually moved to |
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recommending a stage 3 then mandating it. |
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In about 2000/2001 when I first started with gentoo (on a 486, moved |
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from Redhat 4.0 from memory, took a whole week to download the sources |
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via dialup, and 2 days to build the basic stage 3). The problem was |
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that the build process was full of holes - there is a reason modern |
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portage/emerge is as complicated as it is. A full stage one was |
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consistent. After a few months of use inconsistencies would creep in |
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and an emerge world -e became necessary to restore smooth functioning. |
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Have not had to do that for a couple of years now ... don't miss it :) |
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BillK |
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