* [gentoo-user] Creating a LFS system with Portage
@ 2006-09-18 15:05 99% Alon Keren
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From: Alon Keren @ 2006-09-18 15:05 UTC (permalink / raw
To: gentoo-user
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).
The little documentation online regarding such a feat, along with my
little experience with Portage, means that I would have to go
knee-deep (in creating ebuilds) before even knowing if it is feasible,
so I thought I'd ask here for some insight.
I noticed that the Catalyst project deals with toolchain building, but
it is Gentoo-centric, and with virtually no documentation.
I also noticed that Portage allows defining the ROOT environment
variable (in '/etc/make.conf') in order "to specify the target
root filesystem to be used for merging packages or ebuilds". I wonder
if emerging this way is enough to build a runnable OS, or if there are
special prerequisites the host system (aside from running emerge) or
destination file-system must meet.
Thanks in advance,
Alon
PS.
Please CC me your replies as I'm not subscribed to messages from this list
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