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 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1GPMLe-0002F2-Qe for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Mon, 18 Sep 2006 16:51:59 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.8/8.13.6) with SMTP id k8IGoGHb024658; Mon, 18 Sep 2006 16:50:16 GMT Received: from cranium.sybase.co.za (sqlprd.sybase.co.za [192.96.139.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.8/8.13.6) with ESMTP id k8IGiFqM018623 for ; Mon, 18 Sep 2006 16:44:16 GMT Received: from localhost (cranium.sybase.co.za [127.0.0.1]) by cranium.sybase.co.za (Postfix) with ESMTP id 28E5083455 for ; Mon, 18 Sep 2006 18:48:13 +0200 (SAST) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at sybase.co.za Received: from cranium.sybase.co.za ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (cranium.sybase.co.za [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id evsR33z3s0ri for ; Mon, 18 Sep 2006 18:48:05 +0200 (SAST) Received: from [192.168.2.73] (unknown [192.168.2.73]) by cranium.sybase.co.za (Postfix) with ESMTP id 34AC083454 for ; Mon, 18 Sep 2006 18:48:05 +0200 (SAST) From: Alan McKinnon To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Creating a LFS system with Portage Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2006 18:44:19 +0200 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.4 References: <92c85b0e0609180805v42ce70ecle0df36dcf0336527@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <92c85b0e0609180805v42ce70ecle0df36dcf0336527@mail.gmail.com> 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 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200609181844.19853.alan@linuxholdings.co.za> X-Archives-Salt: 0bf78bd5-e493-442e-815f-3f892847ea7f X-Archives-Hash: dffa06e8f7a88820610fc132b471757b On Monday 18 September 2006 17:05, Alon Keren wrote: > Hi, > > I'm considering using Portage to build a Linux From Scratch > system (LFS basically means building a completely customized > Linux machine, using a toolchain). I'm not sure why you want to do this or what your line of reasoning is. A stage 1 gentoo install is very similar to building LFS, except that you don't have to type './configure && make && sudo make install' 300 times. Well, conceptually similar at least. The whole point of LFS is to do it by hand and see how it all works at an even lower level than gentoo provides. You could use portage to automate the LFS build process, but then you end up with essentially a clone of gentoo. I say this as someone who has built an LFS as a learning exercise then moved on to gentoo for pragmatic reasons. Perhaps if you explained why you want to try this and especially what you want to accomplish, then we can advise you better. > Please CC me your replies as I'm not subscribed to messages > from this list Nope. Asking that is exceptionally rude. I wade through 200+ messages per day looking for places I can assist others. The least you can do is subscribe to the list like everyone else (and how did you manage to post without a subscription?), and download the same looking for replies to your question. Besides, the answers you get might help someone else. alan -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list