On Monday 18 September 2006 17:05, Alon Keren wrote: > Hi, > > I'm considering using Portage to build a Linux From Scratch > system (LFS basically means building a completely customized > Linux machine, using a toolchain).
I'm not sure why you want to do this or what your line of reasoning is. A stage 1 gentoo install is very similar to building LFS, except that you don't have to type './configure && make && sudo make install' 300 times. Well, conceptually similar at least. The whole point of LFS is to do it by hand and see how it all works at an even lower level than gentoo provides. You could use portage to automate the LFS build process, but then you end up with essentially a clone of gentoo. I say this as someone who has built an LFS as a learning exercise then moved on to gentoo for pragmatic reasons. Perhaps if you explained why you want to try this and especially what you want to accomplish, then we can advise you better. <snip> > Please CC me your replies as I'm not subscribed to messages > from this list Nope. Asking that is exceptionally rude. I wade through 200+ messages per day looking for places I can assist others. The least you can do is subscribe to the list like everyone else (and how did you manage to post without a subscription?), and download the same looking for replies to your question. Besides, the answers you get might help someone else. alan -- [email protected] mailing list
