On Wed, 2006-01-25 at 23:27 +0100, Sven Köhler wrote:
> IMHO, i would expect that "/usr/portage/scripts/bootstrap.sh; emerge -e
> system" results in a system, that has a certain "integrity" with a
> minimum of manual steps. (gentoo install being as easy as possible)

That has never been the case.  The entire *point* of bootstrap is so
that you can *customize* the system.  If you're doing
"/usr/portage/scripts/bootstrap.sh; emerge -e system" with no
customization, you're wasting your time.  You get identical results from
a "stage3 tarball + edit make.conf + emerge -e system + emerge -v
depclean", and it is a faster method, too.

> At the moment, "/usr/portage/scripts/bootstrap.sh; emerge -e system"
> produces a system, that is IMHO unexpected for most users.

This is exactly why we do not recommend a stage1 installation to anyone
that is unwilling to do work to modify the installation themselves.
Using stage1 assumes that you know what you are doing.

> That's not a problem for me. So excuse me that i wanted
> gentoo-installation to be more simple.

It is quite simple.  The documentation is quite extensive on installing
from a stage3 tarball.  How much simpler can you get? ;]

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Chris Gianelloni
Release Engineering - Strategic Lead
x86 Architecture Team
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Gentoo Linux