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From: Matthias Langer <mlangc@×××.at>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: default stage3
Date: Mon, 21 Nov 2005 23:34:44
Message-Id: 1132615706.10257.5.camel@sputnik886.ruz-net
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: default stage3 by Ryan Sims
1 On Mon, 2005-11-21 at 17:01 -0500, Ryan Sims wrote:
2 > > I installed gentoo on a dual Opteron box this weekend, I've always done
3 > > stage1 installs, but this time decided to try the recommeded stage3 method.
4 > > I understand the concept of doing an "emerge -e world" in order to get the
5 > > optimization of a stage1 install, and I've done this ( one time ) on the
6 > > install I just completed. Can sombody explain why it's necessary/desirable
7 > > to do this *twice*?
8 > >
9 > > What real difference does the second execution really make?
10 > >
11 >
12 > As I understand it, the first time you recompile new toolchain with
13 > your old toolchain, and then the 2nd time you're recompiling the
14 > toolchain with the new toolchain, with the idea that the new toolchain
15 > will compile/assemble/link/etc everything in a different way than the
16 > old toolchain.
17 >
18 > Please correct if I'm wrong.
19
20 I would suggest 'emerge -uD gcc && emerge -e world'; This should
21 recompile the new toolchain with the new toolchain and be considerably
22 faster.
23
24 Matthias
25
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Re: [gentoo-user] Re: default stage3 Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk>