[gentoo-amd64] Install snapshot update?

[gentoo-amd64] Install snapshot update?

[David Pyke]

I just went through the install process for amd64 on my Acer 5050 laptop (turion) and ran into a few problems with the install, mostly with out of date packages (xterm-215 is no longer available).  It took 4 attempts to get to the install portion where I could reboot and resume the build after the emerge failed.

Is there some way to have the installer run emerge --sync before it starts building the system?

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Re: [gentoo-amd64] Install snapshot update?

[Javi Moreno]

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On 1/9/07, David Pyke <dpyke@researchdimensions.com> wrote:
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> I just went through the install process for amd64 on my Acer 5050 laptop
> (turion) and ran into a few problems with the install, mostly with out of
> date packages (xterm-215 is no longer available).  It took 4 attempts to get
> to the install portion where I could reboot and resume the build after the
> emerge failed.
>
> Is there some way to have the installer run emerge --sync before it starts
> building the system?


Actually, before compiling you have to emerge --sync, after the chroot.

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RE: [gentoo-amd64] Install snapshot update?

[David Pyke]

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Yes but I don't think the GTK installer does. Or, if it does, it doesn't use the updated snapshot for emerging the packages.
 
For my own install, I ended up doing mostly a manual install once the kernel was installed.  I did a --sync and then started the install of xorg and gnome.  It's now running an emerge -uDN to get everything up to snuff.

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From: Javi Moreno [mailto:vierito5@gmail.com] 
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Subject: Re: [gentoo-amd64] Install snapshot update?




On 1/9/07, David Pyke <dpyke@researchdimensions.com> wrote: 

I just went through the install process for amd64 on my Acer 5050 laptop (turion) and ran into a few problems with the install, mostly with out of date packages (xterm-215 is no longer available).  It took 4 attempts to get to the install portion where I could reboot and resume the build after the emerge failed. 

Is there some way to have the installer run emerge --sync before it starts building the system?


Actually, before compiling you have to emerge --sync, after the chroot.



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