[gentoo-dev] bootstrapping instructions

[gentoo-dev] bootstrapping instructions

[Chad Huneycutt]

Due to a change that drobbins made in bootstrap.sh, there is a slight 
change in the process of getting a build image up and going.

 During the bootstrap phase, editing /etc/make.conf before running 
bootstrap.sh won't work.  So what you have to do is first manually set 
your USE, CHOST, CFLAGS, and CXXFLAGS at the command prompt. So for a 
pentium pro class machine you would do this (assuming the bash shell):
# export USE="slang readline gpm berkdb gdbm tcpd ..."
# export CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu"
# export CFLAGS="-mcpu=i686 -march=i686 -O3 -pipe"
# export CXXFLAGS="${CFLAGS}"
# scripts/bootstrap.sh files/bootstrap-foo.packages

After the bootstrap process is finished, then you can edit 
/etc/make.conf and complete the process, per the build doc.

One note: do not use the the "linux" ebuilds!  use the "linux-sources" 
ebuilds and make menuconfig.  We will get the configuration in a more 
sane state eventually, but right now, you must check it very carefully 
to ensure it will work with your system.  In particular, ATA support 
needs to be built in if you want to boot off of an IDE drive.

Re: [gentoo-dev] bootstrapping instructions

[Chad Huneycutt]

One other gotcha for rc6 is that you need to change /etc/make.profile 
after bootstrapping.  It should be a symbolic link to 
/usr/portage/profiles/default-1.0_rc6

Chad