On Sat, 2005-09-10 at 15:39 -0400, Dave Nebinger wrote: > > I don't get You at this point. I'll have to start ''emerge --emptytree > > system'', wait until it crashes, run ''fix_libtool_files.sh'' and run > > ''emerge --emptytree system'' ones more, hoping that it won't crash this > > time? > > No, after the fix_libtool_files.sh run, you do the "emerge --resume" to have > it pick up where it left off. >
OK, I'll try this if I need it. For now I'm at a point where THIS probably doesn't help. (Building automake requires an autoconf which isn't installed.) > >> > So which distribution would you suggest me to install during less than > >> > 4 > >> > days? I'm wondering about Slackware. > >> > >> You can still stick with gentoo ;-) > >> > >> If you don't have the time to watch over the stage 1 build process, you > >> can > >> jump straight to a stage 3 then update packages from there. > >> > > > > Well, that's the same ads installing Fedora (within 2 hours). > > We as a community do not like to see people abandoning Gentoo for the likes > of fedora or slack. > > That said, there are folks for whom the binary distributions are more > appropriate than gentoo. You will lose the fine-grained control over the > packages that are installed as well as an in-depth understanding of what > linux actually is, and you'll also be tied to their release cycles, etc. > > Gentoo just seems daunting to the uninitiated; once you get the feel for the > tools and with the full backing of the community, I think you would find > gentoo is just what you're looking for. > -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
