Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo or Linux from Scratch - Perspectives?

[Paul Hoy <paul.hoy@mac.com>]

On Aug 14, 2005, at 9:01 PM, Zac Medico wrote:

> Paul Hoy wrote:
>
>> On Aug 14, 2005, at 5:24 PM, Neil Bothwick wrote:
>>
>>> On Sun, 14 Aug 2005 15:42:19 -0400, Paul Hoy wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>> I really like Gentoo and I like that fact that it does a pretty  
>>>> good  job at supporting Gnome, however, it's still behind other  
>>>> releases,  such as Fedora, in terms of when it releases updates,  
>>>> etc.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>> Gentoo has rolling updates, so it is always up to date. If you  
>>> want to
>>> run the latest of everything you will need to run a ~arch system.  
>>> There
>>> are no releases for Gentoo beyond the installation live CDs. Once
>>> installed, provided you keep up to date, there is no difference  
>>> between a
>>> system installed three years ago and one installed yesterday.
>>>
>>>
>>> -- 
>>> Neil Bothwick
>>>
>>> Windows Error #09: Game Over. Exiting Windows.
>>>
>>>
>> Hi Neil,
>> ~arch is a little scary for me, since it's not in the stable branch.
>>
>
> We, you do know that you can pick which ~arch packages you want,  
> right?  In most cases it's pretty safe to use a "keyword masked"  
> package, especially if the masked package is not depended on by  
> your core gentoo system.
>
> Zac
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> gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
>
>


Hi Zac,

Yes, I know how to unmask. But, when you say "pick which ~arch  
packages...," does this mean I can search for ~arch packages too or  
do I have to set the ACCEPT_KEYWORDS variable?

Paul



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