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On Monday 18 September 2006 17:05, Alon Keren wrote: |
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> Hi, |
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> I'm considering using Portage to build a Linux From Scratch |
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> system (LFS basically means building a completely customized |
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> Linux machine, using a toolchain). |
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I'm not sure why you want to do this or what your line of |
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reasoning is. A stage 1 gentoo install is very similar to |
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building LFS, except that you don't have to type './configure |
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&& make && sudo make install' 300 times. Well, conceptually |
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similar at least. |
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The whole point of LFS is to do it by hand and see how it all |
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works at an even lower level than gentoo provides. You could |
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use portage to automate the LFS build process, but then you end |
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up with essentially a clone of gentoo. I say this as someone |
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who has built an LFS as a learning exercise then moved on to |
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gentoo for pragmatic reasons. |
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Perhaps if you explained why you want to try this and especially |
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what you want to accomplish, then we can advise you better. |
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> Please CC me your replies as I'm not subscribed to messages |
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> from this list |
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Nope. Asking that is exceptionally rude. I wade through 200+ |
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messages per day looking for places I can assist others. The |
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least you can do is subscribe to the list like everyone else |
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(and how did you manage to post without a subscription?), and |
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download the same looking for replies to your question. |
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Besides, the answers you get might help someone else. |
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alan |
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