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From: Ciaran McCreesh <ciaranm@g.o>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: changing CHOST in stage3 (was : [gentoo-user] default stage3)
Date: Tue, 22 Nov 2005 13:23:35
Message-Id: 20051122131727.0ce8e6ad@snowdrop.home
In Reply to: Re: changing CHOST in stage3 (was : [gentoo-user] default stage3) by Matthew Cline
1 On Mon, 21 Nov 2005 21:08:40 -0500 Matthew Cline
2 <matthew.cline@×××××.com> wrote:
3 | On 11/21/05, Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk> wrote:
4 | > You can change
5 | > everything after a stage 3 install, although you have to be careful
6 | > when changing CHOST.
7 |
8 | I've just completed a stage3 install, and I'd like to change the CHOST
9 | from "i386-pc-linux-gnu" to "i586-pc-linux-gnu". I planned to do
10 | something like this:
11 <snip>
12 | Are there any additional precautions/steps that I should take?
13
14 The only way you can safely change CHOST is by making new stages
15 through catalyst. There're various scripts which *sometimes* fix your
16 system after a CHOST change, but they're not reliable...
17
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[gentoo-user] Re: changing CHOST in stage3 Allan Gottlieb <gottlieb@×××.edu>