From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1EEWNy-00071m-Q0 for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sun, 11 Sep 2005 18:17:04 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.4/8.13.4) with SMTP id j8BIBpGq011954; Sun, 11 Sep 2005 18:11:51 GMT Received: from vms046pub.verizon.net (vms046pub.verizon.net [206.46.252.46]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id j8BI898w014466 for ; Sun, 11 Sep 2005 18:08:09 GMT Received: from mail.joat.com ([71.114.131.89]) by vms046.mailsrvcs.net (Sun Java System Messaging Server 6.2 HotFix 0.04 (built Dec 24 2004)) with ESMTPA id <0IMN00LJRZWGXOA1@vms046.mailsrvcs.net> for gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org; Sun, 11 Sep 2005 13:12:17 -0500 (CDT) Received: from localhost (cornholio.joat.com [127.0.0.1]) by mail.joat.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 442014DE5 for ; Sun, 11 Sep 2005 14:12:16 -0400 (EDT) Received: from mail.joat.com ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (cornholio [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 10023-08 for ; Sun, 11 Sep 2005 14:12:10 -0400 (EDT) Received: from butthead (butthead.joat.com [192.168.0.10]) by mail.joat.com (Postfix) with ESMTP for ; Sun, 11 Sep 2005 14:12:10 -0400 (EDT) Date: Sun, 11 Sep 2005 14:12:10 -0400 From: "Dave Nebinger" Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Nasty bugs in portage? To: Message-id: <00bd01c5b6fc$53c1f0c0$0a00a8c0@butthead> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-version: 1.0 X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2670 X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.2670 Content-type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset=iso-8859-1; reply-type=original Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-priority: Normal DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; b=MTcSi6aI6MOHW/MvRFtvyJ3tXrKwNonSCr4yF/ZCheSFVhQO+WaaY3vXdiir62dDBTgjAxPGTi+iDrvQUX6bb7hcBUmBM8ndiADpeShSD3Xok+w0iSEg83qgrHGsw8n/YJt5IWasLEwtPJJadQZj1vAVf1RlBXYAi6IcvW6O2JM=; c=nofws; d=joat.com; q=dns; s=selector1 X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new 2.3.2 (20050629) at joat.com References: <1126375769.5733.59.camel@localhost.localdomain> <200509111838.37092.volker.armin.hemmann@tu-clausthal.de> <642958cc0509110958794615f7@mail.gmail.com> <200509111912.51475.volker.armin.hemmann@tu-clausthal.de> <43246E0F.1080807@gmail.com> X-Archives-Salt: 155e22ed-60eb-4bfc-8e60-ee3225fd0ca0 X-Archives-Hash: f1d3a4a062e40c6ef938f08165b24513 > Note that the 2005.1 handbook mentions only the stage3 and not stage1 or > stage2. Installation from the lower stages is more error prone and best > avoided. Hardly. Starting from a stage 3 is like starting from any old binary distribution. Starting from stage 1 & 2 allows you to build a box customized from the ground up optimized for your hardware (assuming you've set the cflags correctly before beginning). IMHO, stage 3 is for those that don't want to take the lengthy build time for some of the larger packages, i.e. X and kde/gnome, in order to have a basic working gentoo system in a short timeframe. Granted it will be more error-prone to start at a lower stage, but we're all here because we want that level of build. If we were happy with stage 3 installs, we'd be running from some binary distribution instead. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list