On Fri, Apr 14, 2006 at 06:31:31PM -0500, Allen Rohner wrote: > I have been a Gentoo user for several years, but this is my first step into > gentoo development. I'm looking at the feasability of using gentoo for a > product at work. Is it possible to use a Gentoo host machine to create a > linux 'image' (ramdisk/ext2fs/iso) that does not contain portage or gcc? I > have looked at several embedded gentoo web pages, and am familiar with the > "ROOT=/opt/image emerge busybox dropbear" type command line, but all of the > examples I've seen create a portage tree on the image. Additionally, getting > past bootstrap.sh is painful.
Yes, use catalyst to generate a stage4/LiveCD and then add gcc to your list of packages to unmerge once the stage4/LiveCD is ready. > Is this possible? Is it a good idea? Yes and maybe if you're limited on space. If you're doing this for a server which you want to keep flexible and manageable I'd say it's a bad idea. Removing Portage itself probably isn't a good idea, having systems without a Portage tree works fine (you can just emerge sync it back in when you need it). -- gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing list
