On Fri, 2006-01-20 at 13:58 -0500, Andrew Kesterson wrote: > This is going to sound a bit elitist, but was it really necessary > to remove install instructions for a stage 1/2 from the handbook? Technically no, but support / bugfixing was problematic.
> It seems > to me like, if someone doesn't know what they're doing when they start a > stage 1, then they should not be surprised when they bork the install. > Besides, it's all very plainly laid out; or at least it was. Tell that to the "U b0rk my gent00, u suck!!!!!!!!" bugreporters ;-) On a more serious note, the handbook suggested stage3 for beginners as far as I remember, but noone reads the handbook ... > Hope I don't forget how to do it the next time I setup a > workstation. :-P Is there at least going to be a FAQ for how to recompile > a working server from the base system with custom CFLAGS and USE flags, > for those who haven't done a stage 1 before? edit settings emerge gcc glibc binutils && emerge -e world Or does that not do everything as you wish? wkr, Patrick -- Stand still, and let the rest of the universe move
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