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On Thu, 17 Nov 2005 07:44:49 +0000 jarmstrong@×××××.com wrote: |
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| I use Gentoo to run all my boxen and I love it. That being said, I |
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| have ALWAYS done a stage1 install. Never had a single problem I |
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| couldn't fix. Then, suddenly, they switched everything to stage3 and |
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| removed a LOT of options from the Gentoo build process. |
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Pff, no we didn't. You can still do a stage1 if you really want to, but |
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it's no longer necessary. |
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See, stage1s exist because when stages were built with stager, using a |
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stage1 was the only way to get a complete correct vdb. These days we |
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use catalyst, not stager, and even stage3s come with a correct vdb. |
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There's no longer a need for a stage1. |
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If you still want all the choice, which is entirely reasonable for some |
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people, then install from a stage3, customise whatever you want and |
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then do emerge -e world twice. You'll get the same end result, and not |
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have all the problems with circular dependencies. |
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[ Note: looks like I'm missing half this thread because certain |
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jackasses are posting HTML messages to the list. You'd think people |
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would've learned by now... ] |
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Ciaran McCreesh : Gentoo Developer (Look! Shiny things!) |
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Mail : ciaranm at gentoo.org |
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Web : http://dev.gentoo.org/~ciaranm |
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