[gentoo-user] Building a test system

[gentoo-user] Building a test system

[Peter Humphrey]

Hello list,

I want to install Gentoo on a spare partition as a testbed. It would have 
KDE4 and be ~amd64 throughout. My question is when to set ACCEPT_KEYWORDS - 
whether to do it at the earliest possible stage in installing, or build an 
amd64 system and only then add ~amd64 to make.conf.

Which is the better option?

-- 
Rgds
Peter

Re: [gentoo-user] Building a test system

[Alan McKinnon]

On Friday 24 April 2009 12:14:50 Peter Humphrey wrote:
> Hello list,
>
> I want to install Gentoo on a spare partition as a testbed. It would have
> KDE4 and be ~amd64 throughout. My question is when to set ACCEPT_KEYWORDS -
> whether to do it at the earliest possible stage in installing, or build an
> amd64 system and only then add ~amd64 to make.conf.
>
> Which is the better option?

Do it at the earliest possible opportunity.

Otherwise you will emmerge world and update to a current stable system, then 
amend ACCEPT_KEYWORDS and update to a current unstable system, effectively 
rendering the first emerge world as completely useless.

Don't listen to people who will tell you cr@p like "starting with stable lets 
you find problems and fix them first". This is nonsense as once you start 
going unstable there is no going back, or at least no easy way to go back.


-- 
alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com

Re: [gentoo-user] Building a test system

[Neil Bothwick]

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On Fri, 24 Apr 2009 11:14:50 +0100, Peter Humphrey wrote:

> I want to install Gentoo on a spare partition as a testbed. It would
> have KDE4 and be ~amd64 throughout. My question is when to set
> ACCEPT_KEYWORDS - whether to do it at the earliest possible stage in
> installing, or build an amd64 system and only then add ~amd64 to
> make.conf.

Set it as soon as possible; ideally during the initial installation but
right after the first boot at the latest. Then do emerge -uavDN world
before you touch anything else.

Doing it straight after the stage 3 unpack means you won't have to
install, configure and compile a stable kernel, then repeat the whole
process when you switch keywords. The same applies to changing USE flags.


-- 
Neil Bothwick

Facts are stubborn, but statistics are more pliable

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[gentoo-user] Re: Building a test system

[James]

Alan McKinnon <alan.mckinnon <at> gmail.com> writes:

 Friday's Humorous!


> This is nonsense as once you start 
> going unstable there is no going back, 
> or at least no easy way to go back.


Where was this wisdom, when I was a young lad?


lol,
James

Re: [gentoo-user] Building a test system

[Peter Humphrey]

On Friday 24 April 2009 12:04:09 Neil Bothwick wrote:
> On Fri, 24 Apr 2009 11:14:50 +0100, Peter Humphrey wrote:
> > I want to install Gentoo on a spare partition as a testbed. It would
> > have KDE4 and be ~amd64 throughout. My question is when to set
> > ACCEPT_KEYWORDS - whether to do it at the earliest possible stage in
> > installing, or build an amd64 system and only then add ~amd64 to
> > make.conf.
>
> Set it as soon as possible; ideally during the initial installation but
> right after the first boot at the latest. Then do emerge -uavDN world
> before you touch anything else.
>
> Doing it straight after the stage 3 unpack means you won't have to
> install, configure and compile a stable kernel, then repeat the whole
> process when you switch keywords. The same applies to changing USE flags.

Thanks Neil, and Alan too.

-- 
Rgds
Peter

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Building a test system

[Neil Bothwick]

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On Fri, 24 Apr 2009 13:21:52 +0000 (UTC), James wrote:

> Where was this wisdom, when I was a young lad?

You ignored it because you knew everything at that age :)


-- 
Neil Bothwick

Reality is for people who can't handle Star Trek

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[gentoo-user] Re: Building a test system

[james]

Neil Bothwick <neil <at> digimed.co.uk> writes:


> > Where was this wisdom, when I was a young lad?

> You ignored it because you knew everything at that age :)

For you to know that, I must have not been alone....


James