> -----Original Message----- > From: Neil Bothwick [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 23 March 2006 00:56 > To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org > Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Current state of the Gentoo > installation process > > > On Wed, 22 Mar 2006 15:12:25 -0800, Grant wrote: > > > > Also, if you start with Stage3, you may not even need to > rebuild the > > > installed packages, as if it's been a little while since > the Stage3 > > > image was created, there will be new versions of > everything, so you'd > > > be rebuilding when you do a 'emerge -u system' anyways. > > > Nice. Is there a slick way to determine if there are any > pre-compiled > > packages left on the system after the first 'emerge -u system'? > > touch /tmp/firstupdate > emerge --update --deep --newuse world > find /var/db/pkg/ -maxdepth 2 -mindepth 2 -type d ! -newer > /tmp/firstupdate
In time you will end up rebuilding the lot anyway - assuming you emerge -u world every now and then. The problem with the stage1 was that it left some cruft behind in the portage and system. Hence, the "build a stage1 using a stage3 install" series of howto's in the forums. -- Regards, Mick -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
