Walter Dnes wrote: > On Wed, Mar 13, 2013 at 09:16:07AM +0000, Neil Bothwick wrote >> On Wed, 13 Mar 2013 10:24:00 +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote: >> >>> A useful trick I use on my Gentoo test/dev vms is a defined set called >>> @tools. These all use a shared /etc/portage/ for consistency, so add bc >>> to the set and it is merged everywhere. This helps keep my world free of >>> clutter. >> I do a similar thing, I have a set called @base, the first thing I do >> after unpacking a stage 3 and setting up make.conf is emerge @base. It >> means I have everything I expect on a computer and also shortcuts some of >> the install steps. > How are the portage-2.2.0 alphas for stability/bugs (hopefully lack > thereof)? I see alpha163 and alpha166 available. >
I added portage to the keyword file then masked the 9999 version a good long while back. I'm on sys-apps/portage-2.2.0_alpha166 and I have not had any troubles so far. Your mileage may vary tho. Dale :-) :-) -- I am only responsible for what I said ... Not for what you understood or how you interpreted my words!
