[gentoo-dev] Customised Gentoo "system"

[gentoo-dev] Customised Gentoo "system"

[Sean Mitchell]

Perhaps I've missed this in the docs somewhere, but I'm not sure exactly
what happens when I "emerge system".

I presume there is a file somewhere that defines "system". What I'd like to
do is create a custom one with a view to building a secure server.

Can anyone shed a little light on this or point me to some docs that will
help?

Thanks,

Sean

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Re: [gentoo-dev] Customised Gentoo "system"

[Dan Armak]

Run 'emerge --help system' and you'll see.

HTH
Dan

On Wednesday 11 July 2001 15:45, you wrote:
> Perhaps I've missed this in the docs somewhere, but I'm not sure exactly
> what happens when I "emerge system".
>
> I presume there is a file somewhere that defines "system". What I'd like to
> do is create a custom one with a view to building a secure server.
>
> Can anyone shed a little light on this or point me to some docs that will
> help?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Sean
>
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Re: [gentoo-dev] Customised Gentoo "system"

[Daniel Robbins]

On Wed, Jul 11, 2001 at 08:45:46AM -0400, Sean Mitchell wrote:
> Perhaps I've missed this in the docs somewhere, but I'm not sure exactly
> what happens when I "emerge system".
> 
> I presume there is a file somewhere that defines "system". What I'd like to
> do is create a custom one with a view to building a secure server.
> 
> Can anyone shed a little light on this or point me to some docs that will
> help?

>From "emerge --help system":

emerge [ options ] system

"emerge system" is the Portage system update command.  When run, it
will scan the /etc/make.profile/packages file and determine what
packages need to be installed so that your system meets the minimum
requirements of your current system profile.  Note that this doesn't
necessarily bring your system up-to-date at all; instead, it just
ensures that you have no missing parts.  For example, if your system
profile specifies that you should have sys-apps/iptables installed
and you don't, then "emerge system" will install it (the most
recent version that matches the profile spec) for you.  It's always a
good idea to do an "emerge --pretend system" before an "emerge
system", just so you know what emerge is planning to do.

-- 
Daniel Robbins					<drobbins@gentoo.org>
President/CEO					http://www.gentoo.org 
Gentoo Technologies, Inc.			

RE: [gentoo-dev] Customised Gentoo "system"

[Sean Mitchell]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Daniel Robbins [mailto:drobbins@gentoo.org]
> Sent: Wednesday, July 11, 2001 3:01 PM
> To: gentoo-dev@cvs.gentoo.org
> Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Customised Gentoo "system"

> From "emerge --help system":
> 
> emerge [ options ] system
> 
> "emerge system" is the Portage system update command.  When run, it
> will scan the /etc/make.profile/packages file and determine what
> packages need to be installed so that your system meets the minimum
> requirements of your current system profile.  Note that this doesn't
> necessarily bring your system up-to-date at all; instead, it just
> ensures that you have no missing parts.  For example, if your system
> profile specifies that you should have sys-apps/iptables installed
> and you don't, then "emerge system" will install it (the most
> recent version that matches the profile spec) for you.  It's always a
> good idea to do an "emerge --pretend system" before an "emerge
> system", just so you know what emerge is planning to do.

Perfect. The more I learn about this little beauty the more I like it!

So basically all that's needed to create a custom gentoo based distro is to
edit the /etc/make.profile/packages file.

Cheers,

Sean

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 Sean Mitchell                                        Software Engineer
 smitchell@phoenix-interactive.com       Phoenix Interactive Design Inc
 tel. 519-679-2913 x237                        4th Floor, 137 Dundas St
 fax. 519 679 6773                          London, ON, Canada  N6A 1E9
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Re: [gentoo-dev] Customised Gentoo "system"

[Daniel Robbins]

On Wed, Jul 11, 2001 at 03:21:48PM -0400, Sean Mitchell wrote:

> Perfect. The more I learn about this little beauty the more I like it!
> 
> So basically all that's needed to create a custom gentoo based distro is to
> edit the /etc/make.profile/packages file.

Well, /etc/make.profile is a symlink to /usr/portage/profiles/default, so any
changes you make inside /etc/make.profile will be erased the next time you do
an emerge rsync.  A better technique is to copy /usr/portage/profiles/default
to another location outside of /usr/portage (/etc would be fine) and then hack
away.  

Best Regards,

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Daniel Robbins					<drobbins@gentoo.org>
President/CEO					http://www.gentoo.org 
Gentoo Technologies, Inc.			

Re: [gentoo-dev] Customised Gentoo "system"

[Terje Kvernes]

Daniel Robbins <drobbins@gentoo.org> writes:

> "emerge system" is the Portage system update command. When run, it
> will scan the /etc/make.profile/packages file and determine what
> packages need to be installed so that your system meets the minimum
> requirements of your current system profile. Note that this doesn't
> necessarily bring your system up-to-date at all; 

  after reading through the portage users guide[1] I haven't found any
  easy way of upgrading all packages that can be updated
  automagically. is there any planning on doing this? :)

  [1] <url: http://www.gentoo.org/doc/portage-user.html >

-- 
Terje

[gentoo-dev] Customised Gentoo "system"

[Grant Goodyear]

>after reading through the portage users guide[1] I haven't found any
>easy way of upgrading all packages that can be updated
>automagically. is there any planning on doing this? :)

It's planned, but not ready yet.  I'm going to add an entry to 
the FAQ about it, since we get asked this question a lot.

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Re: [gentoo-dev] Customised Gentoo "system"

[Terje Kvernes]

Grant Goodyear <grant@bernacchi.chem.uh.edu> writes:

> [me]
>
> > after reading through the portage users guide[1] I haven't found
> > any easy way of upgrading all packages that can be updated
> > automagically. is there any planning on doing this? :)
> 
> It's planned, but not ready yet. 

  okay, thanks.

> I'm going to add an entry to the FAQ about it, since we get asked
> this question a lot.

  okay, sorry. I thought I'd read the mailinglists a bit more
  carefully than to ask a silly question again. :/

-- 
Terje

Re: [gentoo-dev] Customised Gentoo "system"

[Collins Richey]

On Wed, 11 Jul 2001 13:01:00 -0600 Daniel Robbins <drobbins@gentoo.org>
wrote:

> On Wed, Jul 11, 2001 at 08:45:46AM -0400, Sean Mitchell wrote:
> > Perhaps I've missed this in the docs somewhere, but I'm not sure
> exactly
> > what happens when I "emerge system".
> > 
> > I presume there is a file somewhere that defines "system". What I'd
> like to
> > do is create a custom one with a view to building a secure server.
> > 
> > Can anyone shed a little light on this or point me to some docs that
> will
> > help?
> 
> From "emerge --help system":
> 
> emerge [ options ] system
> 
> "emerge system" is the Portage system update command.  When run, it
> will scan the /etc/make.profile/packages file and determine what
> packages need to be installed so that your system meets the minimum
> requirements of your current system profile.  Note that this doesn't
> necessarily bring your system up-to-date at all; instead, it just
> ensures that you have no missing parts.  For example, if your system
> profile specifies that you should have sys-apps/iptables installed
> and you don't, then "emerge system" will install it (the most
> recent version that matches the profile spec) for you.  It's always a
> good idea to do an "emerge --pretend system" before an "emerge
> system", just so you know what emerge is planning to do.
> 

The answer is quite informative, but what is "your current system
profile"?
-- 
Collins Richey
Denver Area
Gentoo_rc5 XFCE

Re: [gentoo-dev] Customised Gentoo "system"

[Daniel Robbins]

On Wed, Jul 11, 2001 at 08:14:06PM +0000, Collins Richey wrote:
> > From "emerge --help system":
> > 
> > emerge [ options ] system
> > 
> > "emerge system" is the Portage system update command.  When run, it
> > will scan the /etc/make.profile/packages file and determine what
> > packages need to be installed so that your system meets the minimum
> > requirements of your current system profile.  Note that this doesn't
> > necessarily bring your system up-to-date at all; instead, it just
> > ensures that you have no missing parts.  For example, if your system
> > profile specifies that you should have sys-apps/iptables installed
> > and you don't, then "emerge system" will install it (the most
> > recent version that matches the profile spec) for you.  It's always a
> > good idea to do an "emerge --pretend system" before an "emerge
> > system", just so you know what emerge is planning to do.
> > 
> 
> The answer is quite informative, but what is "your current system
> profile"?

/etc/make.profile is a symlink that points to your current system profile,
which normally resides in /usr/portage/profiles.  Right now, it should be
the "default" profile.

-- 
Daniel Robbins					<drobbins@gentoo.org>
President/CEO					http://www.gentoo.org 
Gentoo Technologies, Inc.