On Mon, 9 Dec 2002 09:37:28 +0100 Roger Oberholtzer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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> I have (or am in the process of completing) switched to Gentoo at
> home. I'could' even do this on my workstation at work.
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> However, as nice as Gentoo is, I don't see how it could be used in a
> production environm
I have (or am in the process of completing) switched to Gentoo at home. I
'could' even do this on my workstation at work.
However, as nice as Gentoo is, I don't see how it could be used in a
production environment. Meaning that the install phase is very intensive. We
could not do this on every cus
Checkinstall is my friend ,too . I've used it a lot.
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> And that's why I like checkinstall. It allows me to create a
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And that's why I like checkinstall. It allows me to create a
Slackware, RPM or Debian script file for tracking those tars I install.
On Saturday 07 December 2002 7:44 pm, Brett I. Holcomb wrote:
> I like the RPM system for tracking, too and that's j
I've about decided to try Gentoo. I built my new system (dual Athlon 1.9s,
SCSI RAID) and in addition to RH 7.3 I left three spare partitions for
trying other distros. Gentoo appears to be a good approach and I don't
have the new system at the point where there is anything critical on it.
I b
Brett, I think the best bet in your case is to free up some extra disk
space and try Gentoo on a spare partition. I still boot mine from grub
on my eWS3.11 partition. Once you are through the pain of the initial
installation, I'm sure you will be pleased. Have you ever tried to build
Evolution on a
On Sat, Dec 07, 2002 at 08:23:59PM +, Collins wrote:
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>I have nothing against RPM per se, but I have yet to find the distro
>that has a large selection of RPMs for general purpose packages that
>are kept up to date. It's probably a good plea for the LFS, because
>most RPMs won't work on more
On Sat, 07 Dec 2002 20:44:02 -0500 "Brett I. Holcomb"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I like the RPM system for tracking, too and that's just one of the
> reasons I left Caldera (or am leaving) - there weren't that many
> RPMs for it!
>
> > We build a fair number or systems for customers, and I reall
I like the RPM system for tracking, too and that's just one of the reasons
I left Caldera (or am leaving) - there weren't that many RPMs for it!
> We build a fair number or systems for customers, and I really want a
> distribution that lends itself to easy system replication. One of my
> biggest
On Sat, Dec 07, 2002 at 01:35:24PM -0500, Brett I. Holcomb wrote:
>That sounds good.
>
>One reason I use RPM is to track what's installed on my system. Does
>Portage let you see what you have and what version ala rpm -q?
The main reason I like RPMS is that they make it pretty easy to update
runn
Thank you for the offer - I'll probably take you up on it! I will probably
give it a try. I believe that Gentoos approach would fit the way I work.
I normally install Linux and then only upgrade when I have to - I do try
and keep up with a stable kernel but I don't do everyone. As for apps t
On Sat, 07 Dec 2002 14:13:30 -0500 "Brett I. Holcomb"
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> > On Sat, 07 Dec 2002 12:52:09 -0500 "Brett I. Holcomb"
> > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >> I had some time yesterday and spent it browsing the Gentoo web
> >site> and came up with a question
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> On Sat, 07 Dec 2002 12:52:09 -0500 "Brett I. Holcomb"
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> I had some time yesterday and spent it browsing the Gentoo web site
>> and came up with a question about the updates.
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>> how is the availablity of packages for Gentoo?
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> Several choic
Thanks. That sounds good.
>
> In a word, yes. Once you are up and running on gentoo, emerge the
> gentoolkit package, and you can query the packages easily. There is
> even a KDE/QT based gui interface to portage).
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> Or, if you like simple *nix tools, just 'find /var/db/pkg -name
> "*.ebuild
On Sat, 07 Dec 2002 13:35:24 -0500 "Brett I. Holcomb"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> That sounds good.
>
> One reason I use RPM is to track what's installed on my system.
> Does Portage let you see what you have and what version ala rpm -q?
>
> > I switched from Caldera to Gentoo because of the pa
That sounds good.
One reason I use RPM is to track what's installed on my system. Does
Portage let you see what you have and what version ala rpm -q?
> I switched from Caldera to Gentoo because of the package availability
> problem. So far Gentoo developers have not disappointed me. It seems
>
I've been doing that with Caldera and RH - use freshmeat and get the SRPMs
and build them for my system. If the SRPM is not available I use
checkinstall to make an RPM and install it. My concern about Gentoo is
that it uses a "non standard" - note the quotes!!! - system as compared to
RH and
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On Sat, 07 Dec 2002 12:52:09 -0500 "Brett I. Holcomb"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I had some time yesterday and spent it browsing the Gentoo web site
> and came up with a question about the updates.
> how is the availablity of packages for Gentoo?
As far as distros go, Gentoo has on
Brett I. Holcomb wrote:
I had some time yesterday and spent it browsing the Gentoo web site and
came up with a question about the updates. Since I usually install a
distro and then modify it as needed it sounds like Gentoo might be worth me
taking a look at. I see that Gentoo uses a modifie
I switched from Caldera to Gentoo because of the package availability
problem. So far Gentoo developers have not disappointed me. It seems
like a week or two after something new comes out there is a Gentoo
ebuild available for it, sometimes even sooner. There is a package list
and a daily changelog
I had some time yesterday and spent it browsing the Gentoo web site and
came up with a question about the updates. Since I usually install a
distro and then modify it as needed it sounds like Gentoo might be worth me
taking a look at. I see that Gentoo uses a modified ports system
according
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