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Paul Hartman <paul.hartman+gentoo@gmail.com> writes:

> buildsyspkg in FEATURES (make.conf) can be a life saver too :)

But it does not (IMHO) save binaries for enough packages. For example,
it saves a binary for portage but not for python. I think it would be
good if it saved a binary package for everything which would be built
in stage-1, which would provide a much better 'get out of jail free' if
a critical package gets corrupted or fails to run.