Re: [gentoo-user] Nasty bugs in portage?

[Frank Schafer <frank.schafer@t-systems.cz>]

On Sat, 2005-09-10 at 15:39 -0400, Dave Nebinger wrote:
> > I don't get You at this point. I'll have to start ''emerge --emptytree
> > system'', wait until it crashes, run ''fix_libtool_files.sh'' and run
> > ''emerge --emptytree system'' ones more, hoping that it won't crash this
> > time?
> 
> No, after the fix_libtool_files.sh run, you do the "emerge --resume" to have 
> it pick up where it left off.
> 

OK, I'll try this if I need it. For now I'm at a point where THIS
probably doesn't help. (Building automake requires an autoconf which
isn't installed.)

> >> > So which distribution would you suggest me to install during less than 
> >> > 4
> >> > days? I'm wondering about Slackware.
> >>
> >> You can still stick with gentoo ;-)
> >>
> >> If you don't have the time to watch over the stage 1 build process, you 
> >> can
> >> jump straight to a stage 3 then update packages from there.
> >>
> >
> > Well, that's the same ads installing Fedora (within 2 hours).
> 
> We as a community do not like to see people abandoning Gentoo for the likes 
> of fedora or slack.
> 
> That said, there are folks for whom the binary distributions are more 
> appropriate than gentoo.  You will lose the fine-grained control over the 
> packages that are installed as well as an in-depth understanding of what 
> linux actually is, and you'll also be tied to their release cycles, etc.
> 
> Gentoo just seems daunting to the uninitiated; once you get the feel for the 
> tools and with the full backing of the community, I think you would find 
> gentoo is just what you're looking for.
> 
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