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On Freitag 26 Juni 2009, Alan E. Davis wrote: |
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> Hope not to bother, but ask advice about converting a nominally successful |
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> Sabayon install to Gentoo. |
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> I've been away from Gentoo for a while, found Ubuntu a joy if for no other |
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> reason than to have time to do what I want to use my system for. I had |
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> found Gentoo required an inordinant amount of time to maintain, and in |
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> several installs, I have always been drawn away by the siren call of newer |
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> and better unstable packages: eventually the systems became inconsistent |
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> enough that I had to bail out. I tried all kinds of make world, etc., |
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> tricks and tips. Have NEVER had an emerge update to world go completely |
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> well. Maybe one of the problems is the number of packages I install. I |
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> just cannot spend three hours a day maintaining a system! |
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> Two serious problems for me were Emacs as done for Ubuntu, and the lack of |
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> TeXlive 2008. |
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> But Ubuntu has some serious shortcomings, and some not so serious ones. I |
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> ended up installing Sabayon 4.1, and it's ok. Had some trouble with |
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> "equo": still don't really understand what it does, but I eventually have |
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> been using emerge and just installing software of my choosing. The |
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> experience has been somewhat elevating, in that none of the problems I've |
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> encountered over the past week have been insurmountable. |
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> Meanwhile I am brushing up on Gentoo installation methods, with an eye to |
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> being ready if the time comes ... |
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> So what I am asking this list is about the differences and similarities |
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> between Sabayon and Gentoo. Years ago, I did the same thing, but in a |
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> short time, my system was hosed when I started using emerge. This time, |
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> seemingly I have better luck, but I have not installed packages. |
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> May I request pointers to useful information on this topic? (The |
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> conversion of a modern Sabayon install to Gentoo)? |
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> Gentoo makes the most sense to me. But Sabayon already has the hardware |
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> under control. |
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> Thank you, |
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> Alan |
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> Alan Davis |
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> "...can the human soul be glimpsed through a microscope? Maybe, but you'd |
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> definitely need one of those very good ones with two eyepieces." |
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> -- Woody Allen, quoted by B. A. Palevit |
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isn't sabayon nothing but an overlay over gentoo? |
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remove the overlay, emerge -auDn world and you should be fine... I think |
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