On Sat, Jun 22, 2002 at 12:23:04AM -0700, Mike O wrote: > So I'm trying it as we speak. And it's interesting so > far. It's going to take a few days to get it really > going where I like it. Why is there no "emerge > linuxconf"? Is it not a popular tool? I like the menu > driven interface. Are source files going to build > okay? They are using Netscape 4.7 too, evil. At least > Mozilla is 1.0rc2. More on all this later.
You really like linuxconf???? Do you use webmin too???? I think, most gentoo users like to get down and dirty with their system configuration (ie, they prefer nano, vi and emacs over a gui). Not to mention, a highly configurable moving target is hard to control with a gui. For example, if you install linuxconf, should it install every package it can configure? How would linuxconf know what is installed, there's no rpm database. And if it did know what's installed, should it uninstall packages that conflict with those linuxconf "dependencies"? Would linuxconf be considered broken otherwise? I haven't had any issues with ebuilds yet, but I've only run 'emerge -u world' once, and this seems to cause the most problem reports. Oh, and it's probably a good idea, as mentioned in the docs, to run 'emerge -p <whatever>' first, to see what emerge is going to do first. That way, you have a chance of catching a potentially braindead move before it happens. Then again, I haven't installed all that much. Hey, it's just a 266MHz PII laptop, not like I'm wanting to compile OO on it "just to see how long it takes". Other than XF4 and Qt3, I can't even think of any "big" packages I've installed. I'm using fluxbox as my wm, fetchmail/procmail/mutt/ssmtp for email, and dillo as my browser. I think, the less complicated it is, the less chance it's going to break. I highly recommend following [EMAIL PROTECTED], as well as checking it's archives for recent, relevant message before doing anything major (like installing or updating X or a big or often used package, for example). You'll likely find little hints that you wish you had known beforehand. -- <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
