On Sunday 11 September 2005 18:58, Mark Shields wrote:
> >From http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-x86.xml?part=1&chap=6:
>
> // start quote
>
> Building the System
>
>  To start building the system, execute emerge --emptytree system. Then
>  go do something to keep your mind busy, because this step takes a
> long time to  complete.
>
>
> Code Listing 22: Building the System
> # emerge --emptytree system
>
>
>
>  Again, if you haven't touched the default CFLAGS and CXXFLAGS
> setting, using --newuse is sufficient.
>
> //  end quote
>
> So you see, it does tell you to do an emerge --emptytree system,
> unless you haven't changed the defalt CFLAGS/CXXFLAGS, in which case
> you can just use the --newuse in place of --emptytree.


and this one:
http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/2005.1/handbook-x86.xml?full=1

does not talk about --emptytree at all, so which one is correct?

(btw, when I installed my gentoo --emptytree was totally not needed.)

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