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On Wed, Jun 6, 2012 at 3:27 PM, Michael Higgins <linux@×××××××.org> wrote: |
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> On Wed, 6 Jun 2012 15:22:45 +1000 |
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> Nima Talebi <nima@××××××.au> wrote: |
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>> Hi All, |
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>> Could someone point out what's the deal with the following: |
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[snip] |
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> I'm curious... how could you expect to update the system not as a root? |
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> You don't have root access, so you are done playing... right? Did I |
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> miss something? |
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He's using Gentoo Prefix. Think "user-mode Linux" or 'chroot without |
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root'. If you're familiar with "Portable Apps" packaging on Windows, |
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think of it kinda like "Portable Gentoo Linux". Imagine if, like WINE, |
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you could have your own Gentoo install as a subdirectory of your home |
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directory. |
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http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/gentoo-alt/prefix/ |
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