On Sun, 11 Sep 2005 18:33:20 +1200, Nick Rout wrote:

> I imagine he read the install instructions, which are pretty clear about
> doing an 
> 
> emerge --emptytree system
> 
> What makes you think this is wrong?
> 
> http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-x86.xml?part=1&chap=6#doc_chap2

This is about building the system, not rebuilding it. Ay this point of
the installation, system has not been merged, so the only rebuilding
--emptytree does is the packages installed by bootstrap.sh. As the about
docs say, --emptytree is only needed then if you have changed your CFLAGS,
otherwise --newuse is sufficient.

Rebuilding an entire system that is working fine is a clear breach of "if
it ain't broke, don't fix it", so should only be done if you are aware of
the potential problems and consequences, and how to deal with them.


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Neil Bothwick

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