The emerge -Up world doesn't actually update anything. The 'p' indicates to do a pretend update, which results in a list of items that would get updated (without acutally updating them). To actually do the updates, remove the 'p' - i.e. 'emerge -U world'
The 'emerge rsync' retrieves a list of the latest packages. Then, when you emerge specific packages, or 'emerge world', the currently installed items are compared to the new list, and updates are made as necessary. One of the last steps of the Gentoo installation is to make sure everything is up to date, by issuing the commands 'emerge rsync', and 'emerge world' (in that order). >From what I've seen, picking an install stage is kinda hit and miss. My first crack at installing Gentoo was with a stage 3 install, which failed. I later tried a stage 1 which worked. I've seen other situations where the stage 1 would not work well, but a stage 3 would. That said, I think going to a stage 3 install will probably help, and everything will get optimized for your system anyways when you do your updates. Also, don't be surprised if it takes you 3 or more installs to get the system you want. It's a bit of a learning process... but worth the time and effort, in my opinion. Hope this helps. Shawn -----Original Message----- From: Nick W [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, November 03, 2003 10:27 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: (clug-talk) Gentoo Compile problemo On November 3, 2003 08:21 am, Kevin Anderson wrote: > Do a stage 3 install. That'll save you LOTS of time and effort. Chances > are that when you emerge rsync later on, you'll end up compiling > (literally) everything all over again anyway. I'd recommend going straight > to stage 3. After doing the emerge -Up world as Shawn suggested its still giving me grief, so Im gonna go to stage 3....I basically wanted to do stage 1 for the experience, but I just want the box running now. 1 ? though, why would it re-compile at emerge rsync? Probably a stupid question.... > > Kev. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Nick W" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Saturday, November 01, 2003 12:47 PM > Subject: (clug-talk) Gentoo Compile problemo > > > Hey guys and gals, > > > > Im trying to put Gentoo on an older machine (P166, 64MB) and starting > > from stage1. The problem is that it seems to run out of memory compiling > > binutils > > > while running /usr/portage/scripts/bootstrap.sh. > > > > Summary of error msgs... > > > > ..... > > Out of memory: Killed process 30259 (cc1) > > Make[3] *** [elf32.lo] error 1 > > Make[3] *** waiting for unfinished jobs.... > > ..... > > Make[2] *** (All-recursive) error 1 > > ..... > > Make[1] *** (All-recursive-am) error 2 > > ..... > > Make *** [all-bfd] error 2 > > > > !!!Error: sys-devel/binutils-2.14.90.0.6-r6 failed > > !!!Function src_compile, line 140, exit code 2 > > !!!(no error message) > > > > I have my make.conf set for 2 parallel compiles, would settting that to 1 > > help? Any other tips are appreciated, Im trying to avoid waiting hours > > just > > > to see it fail again. > > > > Thanks > > -- > > Nick W ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > > Registered Linux User #324288 (http://counter.li.org) > > MSN Messenger: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Yahoo: foolish_gambit > > ICQ: 303276221 -- Nick W ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Registered Linux User #324288 (http://counter.li.org) MSN Messenger: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo: foolish_gambit ICQ: 303276221
