> -----Original Message-----
> From: Neil Bothwick [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Wednesday, May 31, 2006 11:57 AM
> To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
> Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Reconstructing a Gentoo Installer Computer
>
> On Wed, 31 May 2006 10:46:18 -0400, Timothy A. Holmes wrote:
>
> > I was hoping to
> > rescue the additional time for the snort install etc by being able
to
> > just recompile stuff rather than have to start over from the
beginning,
> > the system is currently running, so I may just end up putting off
the
> > rebuild till this summer when I have a bit more time -- I was hoping
to
> > be able to change the use flags, build a new kernel and be done with
it,
> > but that doesn't look to be the case
>
> It should be the case. it's not much different from doing a stage 3
> install then changing USE flags etc. I've done that with no problems.
> What went wrong when you tried this before, or was it a case of
changing
> too much at once so you couldn't find the source of the problem?
>
> However, Michael's point about starting afresh with a hardened setup
is a
> good one. It sounds much safer for a security box.
>
>
> --
> Neil Bothwick
>
> "getting performance from an Amiga is like getting water from a
sponge,
> getting performance from Windows is like getting blood from a stone -
> after banging my head against the stone several times I got some
blood"
> Author of Lightwave 3D
[Timothy A. Holmes]
Neil:
the problem before was an incomplete understanding of how the USE Flags
worked, and a mis-understanding of some advice that I was given. The
procedure that I used last time was:
rebuild the kernel
Set use to USE="-*"
Emerge -e world
That procedure with the USE flags is what killed me. What I should have
done -- it now appears was to set use to blank (or comment it out) and
allow it to use the base flags from the profile. But trying to
recompile from base with all use flags specifically excluded is what
began to break stuff
TIM
Timothy A. Holmes
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