On Mon, Jul 20 2015, Canek Peláez Valdés wrote:
> On Mon, Jul 20, 2015 at 8:02 PM, <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> On Sat, Jul 18 2015, Canek Peláez Valdés wrote:
>>
>> > On Sat, Jul 18, 2015 at 8:00 PM, <[email protected]> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> I am installing gentoo on a new laptop. I am a gnome, hence systemd,
>> >> user. I also use lvm (I have / and /usr combined on a non-lvm
> partition).
>> >>
>> >> At the point where you choose a profile
>> >> (//
>> >
> wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Handbook:AMD64/Full/Installation#Choosing_the_right_profile
>> > )
>> >> I selected
>> >> [5] default/linux/amd64/13.0/desktop/gnome/systemd *
>> >>
>> >> But now I get merge conflicts since I have sys-fs/udev installed.
>> >> I can't depclean udev.
>> >>
>> >> Should I have just used the default/linux/amd64/13.0 profile
>> >> and switched later after the installation is complete.
>> >>
>> >> Fortunately, I don't need to used the new machine immediately so I
> don't
>> >> mind starting the installation over from the beginning
>> >>
>> >> In a similar vein, my systems have PORTDIR=/var/portage. Am I correct
>> >> in now believing that it is better to do the install with the default
>> >> PORTDIR=/usr/portage and then switching after the dust settles
>> >
>> > What I usually do is:
>> >
>> > 1. Extract the stage 3 tarball
>> > 2. Sync the portage tree
>> > 3. Switch to the systemd profile
>> > 4. emerge -uDNvp world (this usually solves the systemd/udev conflicts)
>> > 5. emerge --depclean
>> > 6. Switch to the GNOME/systemd profile
>> > 7. Emerge gnome-base/gnome
>> >
>> > In my experience, if you switch directly to the GNOME/systemd profile,
> you
>> > get many conflicts.
>>
>> I certainly did. I will try your indirect root to gnome/systemd.
>> If it works (and given the source I strongly suspect it will),
>> I will try to get it included in the systemd wiki.
>
> You'll probably still get some circular dependencies by USE flags, but
> those should be few and portage will tell you how to break the cycle.
Right I and to add the following to package.use
# First merge of gnome 21 Jul 15
>=media-plugins/grilo-plugins-0.2.13 upnp-av
>=www-servers/apache-2.2.29 apache2_mpms_prefork
thanks again,
allan
