Re: [gentoo-user] New profiles 23.0

[Jacques Montier <jmontier@gmail.com>]

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Le lun. 25 mars 2024 à 18:18, Michael <confabulate@kintzios.com> a écrit :

> On Monday, 25 March 2024 17:00:18 GMT Jacques Montier wrote:
> > Le lun. 25 mars 2024 à 15:41, Peter Humphrey <peter@prh.myzen.co.uk> a
> >
> > écrit :
> > > On Saturday, 23 March 2024 17:42:29 GMT Michael wrote:
> > > > I suggest it would be best to take heed of the devs hard work and
> read
> > >
> > > the
> > >
> > > > instructions they have provided instead of winging it:
> > > >
> > > >
> https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Project:Toolchain/23.0_update_instructions
> > >
> > > Of course I was doing that, but from the news item. My problem was
> that I
> > > wasn't reading straight.
> > >
> > > (I think I had a form of covid last month, and it's left a few loose
> ends
> > > -
> > > mostly in my brain!)
> > >
> > > --
> > > Regards,
> > > Peter.
> >
> > Hello all,
> >
> > I updated my profile from amd64/17.1/desktop/systemd/merged-usr to
> > amd64/23.0/desktop/systemd.
> > I followed the quite clear instructions without any issue.
> > With emerge --ask --emptytree @world, i had to recompile 1400 packages,
> so
> > it took all night long !!!
> > Some scare when the package 1201 failed and everything stopped (i forgot
> > the keep-going option).
> > Nevertheless, I rebooted and everything works fine ! Whew !!!
> >
> > What i understand is that Gentoo is now mostly based on binary packages.
> > The sources are now the exception.
> > It's the opposite of what Gentoo was before... Right ?
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > --
> > Jacques
>
> Not really, Gentoo is still based on compiling from source - for those who
> want to optimise/customise their systems.
>
> More recently pre-compiled binary packages which suit generic hardware and
> software configurations are also made available for those who want to get
> something up and running quickly.  This makes Gentoo similar to other
> binary
> distributions.
>
> The command syntax in the instructions included "--getbinpkg" to download
> pre-
> built binaries, but with this note:
>
> "In case you are already familiar with binary packages, you should be
> able to add '--getbinpkg' to the emerge calls to speed things up.
> The use of binary packages is completely optional though, and also not
> as much tested as the source-based upgrade path yet."
>
> Therefore, you can fetch binaries from the mirrors when these have the
> same
> configuration as your locally compiled software to make the whole upgrade
> complete faster, but it remains a personal choice.



Thanks Michael for your response,
but how could i know if one package has the same configuration as my
locally compiled software and if this one is as much tested as the
source-based package ?

--
Jacques Montier

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