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Meino Christian Cramer <Meino.Cramer <at> gmx.de> writes: |
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> As I am right at the beginning with my understanding and knowledge |
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> about the gentoo system, I would like to know, what this "~86" in |
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> /etc/portage/package.keywords does. |
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Well, I'm not the quintessential gentoo user, but, I'll give |
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you some simple advise. ~x86 means for the package listed you |
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are willing to install the testing version of the software. |
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The 3 flavors of linux software are stable, testing, and unstable |
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(or under active development). |
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> Is it advebtureous to do so, or is it just a good working tuning |
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> thing for x86 systems ? |
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Ah here you leave the ground of objective answers into the realm of the |
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subjective, as such, I can only give you my opinion. YES. I mostly |
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rund stable on my sytems and use the files in /etc/portage, when I |
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choose to venture out. You could have your entire gentoo system |
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as ~x86 (testing) as some folks to, and fix the problems. If this is |
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your first or only gentoo system, having ~x86 for everything is suicide |
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and will result in your looking for another linux distro. Using ~x86 |
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to gain access to those key software packages, when necessary or |
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desired, is warranted. |
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> Anbother question: Is there a documentation of the _installed_ gentoo |
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> system -- not the installing process as such? |
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on google use searches such as these: |
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subject +gentoo +wiki +howto (etc) and you'll find a multitude |
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of documentation. After you have read, and given a reasonable attempt |
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to figure things out, and fail, then you post to this list. There |
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are numerous folks with various skill levels that read this list, |
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and most try to help, particularly those that have attemmpted self-help |
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first. Here are a few bookmarks: |
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http://www.gentoo.org/dyn/use-index.xml |
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http://gentoo-wiki.com/FAQ_USE_Flags |
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http://gentoo-wiki.com/Portage_Overlay_Listing |
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http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-x86.xml?part=3 |
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http://gentoo-wiki.com/TIP_Dealing_with_masked_packages |
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http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-x86.xml?part=2&chap=2 |
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http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-x86.xml?part=2&chap=1 |
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http://gentoo-wiki.com/Category:Tips |
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http://clug.net.nz/index.php/GentooTips |
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http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?t=33534 |
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http://gentoo.linuxhowtos.org/browseportage/browseportage.htm?portagecat=www-apps/trac |
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http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Use_Portage_Correctly |
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hth, |
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James |
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