Re: [gentoo-user] installing gentoo with a systemd profile

On Sat, Jul 18 2015, Canek Peláez Valdés wrote:

> On Sat, Jul 18, 2015 at 8:00 PM, <gottlieb@×××.edu> wrote:
>>
>> I am installing gentoo on a new laptop.  I am a gnome, hence systemd,
>> user.  I also use lvm (I have / and /usr combined on a non-lvm partition).
>>
>> At the point where you choose a profile
>> (//
> wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Handbook:AMD64/Full/Installation#Choosing_the_right_profile
> )
>> I selected
>> [5]   default/linux/amd64/13.0/desktop/gnome/systemd *
>>
>> But now I get merge conflicts since I have sys-fs/udev installed.
>> I can't depclean udev.
>>
>> Should I have just used the  default/linux/amd64/13.0 profile
>> and switched later after the installation is complete.
>>
>> Fortunately, I don't need to used the new machine immediately so I don't
>> mind starting the installation over from the beginning
>>
>> In a similar vein, my systems have PORTDIR=/var/portage.  Am I correct
>> in now believing that it is better to do the install with the default
>> PORTDIR=/usr/portage and then switching after the dust settles
>
> What I usually do is:
>
> 1. Extract the stage 3 tarball
> 2. Sync the portage tree
> 3. Switch to the systemd profile
> 4. emerge -uDNvp world (this usually solves the systemd/udev conflicts)
> 5. emerge --depclean
> 6. Switch to the GNOME/systemd profile
> 7. Emerge gnome-base/gnome
>
> In my experience, if you switch directly to the GNOME/systemd profile, you
> get many conflicts.

I certainly did.  I will try your indirect root to gnome/systemd.
If it works (and given the source I strongly suspect it will),
I will try to get it included in the systemd wiki.

> Regards.
> --
> Canek Peláez Valdés

Thank you,
allan