Re: [gentoo-user] kernel config strangeness

2019-08-03 Thread Jack
On 8/2/19 8:52 PM, Adam Carter wrote: First, I finally figured out this is not really important for me. "Supported Processor types" is ONLY for 32 bits. When i remove Processor type and features  --->  [*] Supported processor vendors  ---> [ ]   Support AMD processors

Re: [gentoo-user] Recent changes to install procedure

2019-08-03 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Sat, 3 Aug 2019 14:39:56 -0400, Walter Dnes wrote: > This is getting "curiouser and curiouser". I remember somewhere > during the install, a message about how stage3 had been built with > "bindist" flag set. After tweaking make.conf to my specs, I rebuilt the > entire system "emerge -e

Re: [gentoo-user] Recent changes to install procedure

2019-08-03 Thread Walter Dnes
On Sat, Aug 03, 2019 at 12:35:20PM -0500, Dale wrote > I have openssl and openssh installed here without bindest being set. > It's been that way for longer than I can recall. Perhaps another USE > flag is making it require that?? Some other package that I don't have > installed maybe? > > Maybe

Re: [gentoo-user] acct-group packages ??

2019-08-03 Thread Mick
On Saturday, 3 August 2019 18:21:55 BST Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Sat, 3 Aug 2019 09:30:14 -0700, Ian Zimmerman wrote: > > After latest webrsync, portage wants to install these: > > > > acct-group/input-0 > > acct-group/kvm-0 > > acct-group/render-0 > > > > No other package seems to depend on

Re: [gentoo-user] Recent changes to install procedure

2019-08-03 Thread Dale
Walter Dnes wrote: > On Sat, Aug 03, 2019 at 11:15:56AM -0500, Dale wrote > >> It's been a long time since I did a install but I was thinking the same >> as you. For us users, it doesn't need to be set at all from what I >> recall. > I had to set bindist for the listed packages. Otherwise, they

Re: [gentoo-user] acct-group packages ??

2019-08-03 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Sat, 3 Aug 2019 09:30:14 -0700, Ian Zimmerman wrote: > After latest webrsync, portage wants to install these: > > acct-group/input-0 > acct-group/kvm-0 > acct-group/render-0 > > No other package seems to depend on them, so wth is this about? It seems odd that portage would want to install

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Recent changes to install procedure

2019-08-03 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Sat, 3 Aug 2019 10:10:47 -0700, Ian Zimmerman wrote: > > Do you know what tools those were? > > Sorry, I don't remember. I'll be sure to post here if I encounter the > same kind of problem. I've not had any problems wither, but at least one program complains if /etc/portage/make.conf is a

Re: [gentoo-user] Recent changes to install procedure

2019-08-03 Thread Walter Dnes
On Sat, Aug 03, 2019 at 11:15:56AM -0500, Dale wrote > It's been a long time since I did a install but I was thinking the same > as you. For us users, it doesn't need to be set at all from what I > recall. I had to set bindist for the listed packages. Otherwise, they refused to build, period.

[gentoo-user] Re: Recent changes to install procedure

2019-08-03 Thread Ian Zimmerman
On 2019-08-03 11:31, Dale wrote: > Do you know what tools those were? Sorry, I don't remember. I'll be sure to post here if I encounter the same kind of problem. -- Please don't Cc: me privately on mailing lists and Usenet, if you also post the followup to the list or newsgroup. To reply

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Recent changes to install procedure

2019-08-03 Thread Dale
Ian Zimmerman wrote: > On 2019-08-03 07:56, Neil Bothwick wrote: > >> Hooray! They've changed the default locations to something more >> sensible. Keeping data in /usr never made sense, I switched PORTDIR >> to /var/portage years ago. Keeping tarballs inside the portage tree >> made even less

[gentoo-user] acct-group packages ??

2019-08-03 Thread Ian Zimmerman
After latest webrsync, portage wants to install these: acct-group/input-0 acct-group/kvm-0 acct-group/render-0 No other package seems to depend on them, so wth is this about? -- Please don't Cc: me privately on mailing lists and Usenet, if you also post the followup to the list or newsgroup.

[gentoo-user] Re: Recent changes to install procedure

2019-08-03 Thread Ian Zimmerman
On 2019-08-03 07:56, Neil Bothwick wrote: > Hooray! They've changed the default locations to something more > sensible. Keeping data in /usr never made sense, I switched PORTDIR > to /var/portage years ago. Keeping tarballs inside the portage tree > made even less sense. I tried to do that some

[gentoo-user] Re: Recent changes to install procedure

2019-08-03 Thread Nikos Chantziaras
On 03/08/2019 18:32, Walter Dnes wrote: So far so good. The basic system is installed and booting. One question... can I just set the "bindist" USE flag globally. Usually you unset it globally. If you allow some of the packages to be built with it, you're going to lose some functionality

Re: [gentoo-user] Recent changes to install procedure

2019-08-03 Thread Dale
Mick wrote: > On Saturday, 3 August 2019 16:45:07 BST Dale wrote: >> Walter Dnes wrote: >>> On Sat, Aug 03, 2019 at 12:24:51AM -0400, Walter Dnes wrote >>> I'll insert CHOST and MAKEOPTS to play safe. Any other gotchas in recent installs? >>> So far so good. The basic system is

Re: [gentoo-user] Recent changes to install procedure

2019-08-03 Thread Mick
On Saturday, 3 August 2019 16:45:07 BST Dale wrote: > Walter Dnes wrote: > > On Sat, Aug 03, 2019 at 12:24:51AM -0400, Walter Dnes wrote > > > >> I'll insert CHOST and MAKEOPTS to play safe. Any other gotchas in > >> recent installs? > >> > > So far so good. The basic system is installed and

Re: [gentoo-user] Recent changes to install procedure

2019-08-03 Thread Dale
Walter Dnes wrote: > On Sat, Aug 03, 2019 at 12:24:51AM -0400, Walter Dnes wrote > >> I'll insert CHOST and MAKEOPTS to play safe. Any other gotchas in >> recent installs? > So far so good. The basic system is installed and booting. One > question... can I just set the "bindist" USE flag

Re: [gentoo-user] Recent changes to install procedure

2019-08-03 Thread Walter Dnes
On Sat, Aug 03, 2019 at 12:24:51AM -0400, Walter Dnes wrote > I'll insert CHOST and MAKEOPTS to play safe. Any other gotchas in > recent installs? So far so good. The basic system is installed and booting. One question... can I just set the "bindist" USE flag globally. On a basic text

Re: [gentoo-user] Recent changes to install procedure

2019-08-03 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Sat, 3 Aug 2019 00:24:51 -0400, Walter Dnes wrote: > # NOTE: This stage was built with the bindist Use flag enabled > PORTDIR="/var/db/repos/gentoo" > DISTDIR="/var/cache/distfiles" > PKGDIR="/var/cache/binpkgs" Hooray! They've changed the default locations to something more sensible. Keeping