Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Compiling first and then installing using -K

2020-02-25 Thread Michael Jones
On Tue, Feb 25, 2020, 23:04 Dale wrote: > Dale wrote: > > > > P. S. Starting to wonder if I should copy my current install over and > > start there. I'd assume skipping /home, /proc and /sys would get me > > started. Still, gonna try the stage3 again. Just for giggles. Do all > > this while

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Compiling first and then installing using -K

2020-02-25 Thread Dale
Dale wrote: > > P. S. Starting to wonder if I should copy my current install over and > start there.  I'd assume skipping /home, /proc and /sys would get me > started.  Still, gonna try the stage3 again.  Just for giggles.  Do all > this while I cook some BBQ chicken for supper tomorrow night.  >

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Compiling first and then installing using -K

2020-02-18 Thread Dale
Nikos Chantziaras wrote: > On 17/02/2020 20:01, Dale wrote: >> Nikos Chantziaras wrote: >>> On 17/02/2020 10:26, Dale wrote: I ran into a issue with qt upgrades and it got interesting.  Since it was part way through, some applications that I needed wouldn't open due to a

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Compiling first and then installing using -K

2020-02-18 Thread Rich Freeman
On Tue, Feb 18, 2020 at 4:32 PM Nikos Chantziaras wrote: > > On 18/02/2020 21:22, Rich Freeman wrote: > > On Tue, Feb 18, 2020 at 2:06 PM Nikos Chantziaras wrote: > >> > >> It gets worse. The container reconfigured the keyboard shortcuts on the > >> host! After booting a container, alt+Fn or

[gentoo-user] Re: Compiling first and then installing using -K

2020-02-18 Thread Nikos Chantziaras
On 18/02/2020 21:22, Rich Freeman wrote: On Tue, Feb 18, 2020 at 2:06 PM Nikos Chantziaras wrote: It gets worse. The container reconfigured the keyboard shortcuts on the host! After booting a container, alt+Fn or alt+left/right on the host started switching to the linux text-mode console. I

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Compiling first and then installing using -K

2020-02-18 Thread Michael Jones
On Tue, Feb 18, 2020 at 1:22 PM Rich Freeman wrote: > On Tue, Feb 18, 2020 at 2:06 PM Nikos Chantziaras > wrote: > > > > It gets worse. The container reconfigured the keyboard shortcuts on the > > host! After booting a container, alt+Fn or alt+left/right on the host > > started switching to the

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Compiling first and then installing using -K

2020-02-18 Thread Rich Freeman
On Tue, Feb 18, 2020 at 2:06 PM Nikos Chantziaras wrote: > > It gets worse. The container reconfigured the keyboard shortcuts on the > host! After booting a container, alt+Fn or alt+left/right on the host > started switching to the linux text-mode console. I pressed alt+f2 to > bring up the

[gentoo-user] Re: Compiling first and then installing using -K

2020-02-18 Thread Nikos Chantziaras
On 18/02/2020 02:01, Mark Knecht wrote: On Mon, Feb 17, 2020 at 4:32 PM Nikos Chantziaras > I just tested it in a throw-away Ubuntu VM running on ext4. It crashed > and burned due to disk space. It tried to duplicate the whole "/" with > zero error checks. So free space reached 0 but it

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Compiling first and then installing using -K

2020-02-17 Thread Mark Knecht
On Mon, Feb 17, 2020 at 4:32 PM Nikos Chantziaras wrote: > > On 18/02/2020 01:21, Rich Freeman wrote: > > On Mon, Feb 17, 2020 at 6:00 PM Nikos Chantziaras wrote: > >> Hm. I'm too chicken to try it because I'm not sure it does what I think > >> it does, but does the "--ephemeral" option pretty

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Compiling first and then installing using -K

2020-02-17 Thread Rich Freeman
On Mon, Feb 17, 2020 at 6:31 PM Nikos Chantziaras wrote: > > On 18/02/2020 01:21, Rich Freeman wrote: > > On Mon, Feb 17, 2020 at 6:00 PM Nikos Chantziaras wrote: > >> Hm. I'm too chicken to try it because I'm not sure it does what I think > >> it does, but does the "--ephemeral" option pretty

[gentoo-user] Re: Compiling first and then installing using -K

2020-02-17 Thread Nikos Chantziaras
On 18/02/2020 01:21, Rich Freeman wrote: On Mon, Feb 17, 2020 at 6:00 PM Nikos Chantziaras wrote: Hm. I'm too chicken to try it because I'm not sure it does what I think it does, but does the "--ephemeral" option pretty much do *exactly* what Dale was asking about? Can you start your current

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Compiling first and then installing using -K

2020-02-17 Thread Rich Freeman
On Mon, Feb 17, 2020 at 6:00 PM Nikos Chantziaras wrote: > > On 17/02/2020 21:46, Rich Freeman wrote: > > > > Well, if you decide to play with it I'll offer up: > > https://rich0gentoo.wordpress.com/2014/07/14/quick-systemd-nspawn-guide/ > > Hm. I'm too chicken to try it because I'm not sure it

[gentoo-user] Re: Compiling first and then installing using -K

2020-02-17 Thread Nikos Chantziaras
On 17/02/2020 21:46, Rich Freeman wrote: Well, if you decide to play with it I'll offer up: https://rich0gentoo.wordpress.com/2014/07/14/quick-systemd-nspawn-guide/ Hm. I'm too chicken to try it because I'm not sure it does what I think it does, but does the "--ephemeral" option pretty much

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Compiling first and then installing using -K

2020-02-17 Thread Rich Freeman
On Mon, Feb 17, 2020 at 2:24 PM Nikos Chantziaras wrote: > > On 17/02/2020 21:05, Rich Freeman wrote: > > I wouldn't use a chroot for anything at this point - anything you can > > do with one you can do just as easily with a container, with more > > separation. They're just as easy to set up as

[gentoo-user] Re: Compiling first and then installing using -K

2020-02-17 Thread Nikos Chantziaras
On 17/02/2020 21:05, Rich Freeman wrote: I wouldn't use a chroot for anything at this point - anything you can do with one you can do just as easily with a container, with more separation. They're just as easy to set up as well - I personally use nspawn to run my containers but I'm sure lxc is

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Compiling first and then installing using -K

2020-02-17 Thread Rich Freeman
On Mon, Feb 17, 2020 at 1:21 PM Nikos Chantziaras wrote: > > probably much slower.) A chroot or container on the other hand is > extremely lightweight. There's no virtualization involved (or very > little of it), so it should be pretty much as fast as a native system. Chroots and containers are

[gentoo-user] Re: Compiling first and then installing using -K

2020-02-17 Thread Nikos Chantziaras
On 17/02/2020 20:01, Dale wrote: Nikos Chantziaras wrote: On 17/02/2020 10:26, Dale wrote: I ran into a issue with qt upgrades and it got interesting.  Since it was part way through, some applications that I needed wouldn't open due to a mismatch in versions. [...] !!! --buildpkgonly requires

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Compiling first and then installing using -K

2020-02-17 Thread Mark Knecht
On Mon, Feb 17, 2020 at 11:02 AM Dale wrote: > Nikos Chantziaras wrote: > > On 17/02/2020 10:26, Dale wrote: > >> I ran into a issue with qt upgrades and it got interesting. Since it > >> was part way through, some applications that I needed wouldn't open due > >> to a mismatch in versions.

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Compiling first and then installing using -K

2020-02-17 Thread Dale
Nikos Chantziaras wrote: > On 17/02/2020 10:26, Dale wrote: >> I ran into a issue with qt upgrades and it got interesting.  Since it >> was part way through, some applications that I needed wouldn't open due >> to a mismatch in versions. [...] >> >> !!! --buildpkgonly requires all dependencies to

[gentoo-user] Re: Compiling first and then installing using -K

2020-02-17 Thread Nikos Chantziaras
On 17/02/2020 10:26, Dale wrote: I ran into a issue with qt upgrades and it got interesting.  Since it was part way through, some applications that I needed wouldn't open due to a mismatch in versions. [...] !!! --buildpkgonly requires all dependencies to be merged. !!! Cannot merge requested