Dave Nebinger wrote: >> Note that the 2005.1 handbook mentions only the stage3 and not stage1 >> or stage2. Installation from the lower stages is more error prone and >> best avoided. > > > Hardly. Starting from a stage 3 is like starting from any old binary > distribution. > > Starting from stage 1 & 2 allows you to build a box customized from the > ground up optimized for your hardware (assuming you've set the cflags > correctly before beginning). > > IMHO, stage 3 is for those that don't want to take the lengthy build > time for some of the larger packages, i.e. X and kde/gnome, in order to > have a basic working gentoo system in a short timeframe. > > Granted it will be more error-prone to start at a lower stage, but we're > all here because we want that level of build. If we were happy with > stage 3 installs, we'd be running from some binary distribution instead. >
A stage3 install has most of the benefits of a stage1 or stage2. Portage gives you the ability to rebuild *every* single package if you choose. Zac -- [email protected] mailing list
