On Monday, 25 March 2024 17:00:18 GMT Jacques Montier wrote: > Le lun. 25 mars 2024 à 15:41, Peter Humphrey <pe...@prh.myzen.co.uk> a > > écrit : > > On Saturday, 23 March 2024 17:42:29 GMT Michael wrote: > > > I suggest it would be best to take heed of the devs hard work and read > > > > the > > > > > instructions they have provided instead of winging it: > > > > > > https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Project:Toolchain/23.0_update_instructions > > > > Of course I was doing that, but from the news item. My problem was that I > > wasn't reading straight. > > > > (I think I had a form of covid last month, and it's left a few loose ends > > - > > mostly in my brain!) > > > > -- > > Regards, > > Peter. > > Hello all, > > I updated my profile from amd64/17.1/desktop/systemd/merged-usr to > amd64/23.0/desktop/systemd. > I followed the quite clear instructions without any issue. > With emerge --ask --emptytree @world, i had to recompile 1400 packages, so > it took all night long !!! > Some scare when the package 1201 failed and everything stopped (i forgot > the keep-going option). > Nevertheless, I rebooted and everything works fine ! Whew !!! > > What i understand is that Gentoo is now mostly based on binary packages. > The sources are now the exception. > It's the opposite of what Gentoo was before... Right ? > > Regards, > > -- > Jacques
Not really, Gentoo is still based on compiling from source - for those who want to optimise/customise their systems. More recently pre-compiled binary packages which suit generic hardware and software configurations are also made available for those who want to get something up and running quickly. This makes Gentoo similar to other binary distributions. The command syntax in the instructions included "--getbinpkg" to download pre- built binaries, but with this note: "In case you are already familiar with binary packages, you should be able to add '--getbinpkg' to the emerge calls to speed things up. The use of binary packages is completely optional though, and also not as much tested as the source-based upgrade path yet." Therefore, you can fetch binaries from the mirrors when these have the same configuration as your locally compiled software to make the whole upgrade complete faster, but it remains a personal choice.
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