On Thu, 17 Nov 2005 07:44:49 +0000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: | I use Gentoo to run all my boxen and I love it. That being said, I | have ALWAYS done a stage1 install. Never had a single problem I | couldn't fix. Then, suddenly, they switched everything to stage3 and | removed a LOT of options from the Gentoo build process.
Pff, no we didn't. You can still do a stage1 if you really want to, but it's no longer necessary. See, stage1s exist because when stages were built with stager, using a stage1 was the only way to get a complete correct vdb. These days we use catalyst, not stager, and even stage3s come with a correct vdb. There's no longer a need for a stage1. If you still want all the choice, which is entirely reasonable for some people, then install from a stage3, customise whatever you want and then do emerge -e world twice. You'll get the same end result, and not have all the problems with circular dependencies. [ Note: looks like I'm missing half this thread because certain jackasses are posting HTML messages to the list. You'd think people would've learned by now... ] -- Ciaran McCreesh : Gentoo Developer (Look! Shiny things!) Mail : ciaranm at gentoo.org Web : http://dev.gentoo.org/~ciaranm
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