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From: Rich Freeman <rich0@g.o>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] necessary use flgas
Date: Thu, 25 Jun 2015 12:56:33
Message-Id: CAGfcS_n8DFE3hJ_JG43qptZMY_dWr09fq8c1TtAZ++29uo2R3w@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] necessary use flgas by behrouz khosravi
1 On Thu, Jun 25, 2015 at 8:01 AM, behrouz khosravi <bz.khosravi@×××××.com> wrote:
2 >
3 >
4 >> Best way I ever found to learn how things really work under the hood is
5 >> to build a Linux From Scratch and pay close attention to every single
6 >> step.
7 >>
8 >> Not that you'd ever actually *use* that system - there's no sane package
9 >> management for a start - but after building an LFS, the content of
10 >> ebuilds in @system starts to make a lot more sense; you can see why some
11 >> of the decisions in the profiles were made; and make.conf now appears in
12 >> a whole new light.
13 >>
14 >> Then take the valuable lessons from LFS and apply them appropriately to
15 >> using Gentoo. These things are tools and the best workmen are always
16 >> very familiar with their tools as a co-ordinated whole (as opposed to a
17 >> bunch of mish-mash stuff cluttering up a toolbox)
18 >>
19 >
20 > Thanks. I will definitely do that.
21
22 The only issue I'd raise with LFS in this day and age is that many of
23 these guides tend to leave out stuff like devtmpfs, udev, policykit,
24 and so on. Some people choose not to use them (this list probably
25 being one of the larger collections of such folks), but it is
26 increasingly important to understand how modern distros actually
27 operate.
28
29 Are there any LFS-like guides that actually utilize dbus/etc?
30
31 --
32 Rich

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Re: [gentoo-user] necessary use flgas Emanuele Rusconi <emarsk@×××××.com>