> -----Original Message-----
> From: Neil Bothwick [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Wednesday, May 31, 2006 10:41 AM
> To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
> Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Reconstructing a Gentoo Installer Computer
>
> On Wed, 31 May 2006 09:53:05 -0400, Timothy A. Holmes wrote:
>
> > I am rapidly getting the idea that either leaving the system alone,
or
> > just wiping it out and starting over is going to be preferable to
trying
> > to repair this one, since no one can seem to tell me if it can be
done.
> > My original thought was to simply change the use flags to those that
I
> > wanted, and emerge -e world, apparently, this is not correct?
>
> Re-emerging everything is unnecessary, especially if you are only
> changing a few flags.
>
> emerge -uavDN world
>
> will re-emerge everything affected by your changed flags, and allow
you
> to see what it is going to do before it starts. If you have any doubt
as
> to what an emerge will do, run it with --verbose and either --pretend
or
> --ask first.
>
> > As far as portage documentation, I have not been able to find a wiki
> > article or other document that indicates how to change from a system
> > created by the installer disk to one that is personally optimized.
>
> Therein lies one of the problems with the installer. The manual
> installation requires you to gain some understanding of how Gentoo
works
> in order to build a system. That understanding is also needed to
> administer the system. By using the installer, you bypass the initial
> learning curve which, paradoxically, can make things more difficult in
> the long run.
>
> I am going to suggest a course of action that I normally find totally
> pointless, re-install. If you build your system again without the
> installer, you will be able to configure it to suit your needs from
> scratch, and you will have a greater understanding of the system,
making
> it easier to maintain.
>
>
> --
> Neil Bothwick
>
> "Bother," said Pooh, as the Death Star exploded around him.
[Timothy A. Holmes]
Neil -
I understand your suggestion -- I used the installer as an attempted
shortcut after having done several (5+) installs via the basic disk and
the handbook. I have paid for that error in spades - believe me --
since then I have done an additional 5 or so installations by hand from
the basic disk. I understand the processes there, I was hoping to
rescue the additional time for the snort install etc by being able to
just recompile stuff rather than have to start over from the beginning,
the system is currently running, so I may just end up putting off the
rebuild till this summer when I have a bit more time -- I was hoping to
be able to change the use flags, build a new kernel and be done with it,
but that doesn't look to be the case
Thanks again
TIM
Timothy A. Holmes
IT Manager / Network Admin / Web Master / Computer Teacher
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