On Freitag 26 Juni 2009, Alan E. Davis wrote: > Hope not to bother, but ask advice about converting a nominally successful > Sabayon install to Gentoo. > > I've been away from Gentoo for a while, found Ubuntu a joy if for no other > reason than to have time to do what I want to use my system for. I had > found Gentoo required an inordinant amount of time to maintain, and in > several installs, I have always been drawn away by the siren call of newer > and better unstable packages: eventually the systems became inconsistent > enough that I had to bail out. I tried all kinds of make world, etc., > tricks and tips. Have NEVER had an emerge update to world go completely > well. Maybe one of the problems is the number of packages I install. I > just cannot spend three hours a day maintaining a system! > > Two serious problems for me were Emacs as done for Ubuntu, and the lack of > TeXlive 2008. > > But Ubuntu has some serious shortcomings, and some not so serious ones. I > ended up installing Sabayon 4.1, and it's ok. Had some trouble with > "equo": still don't really understand what it does, but I eventually have > been using emerge and just installing software of my choosing. The > experience has been somewhat elevating, in that none of the problems I've > encountered over the past week have been insurmountable. > > Meanwhile I am brushing up on Gentoo installation methods, with an eye to > being ready if the time comes ... > > So what I am asking this list is about the differences and similarities > between Sabayon and Gentoo. Years ago, I did the same thing, but in a > short time, my system was hosed when I started using emerge. This time, > seemingly I have better luck, but I have not installed packages. > > May I request pointers to useful information on this topic? (The > conversion of a modern Sabayon install to Gentoo)? > > Gentoo makes the most sense to me. But Sabayon already has the hardware > under control. > > Thank you, > > Alan > > > Alan Davis > > "...can the human soul be glimpsed through a microscope? Maybe, but you'd > definitely need one of those very good ones with two eyepieces." > > -- Woody Allen, quoted by B. A. Palevit
isn't sabayon nothing but an overlay over gentoo? remove the overlay, emerge -auDn world and you should be fine... I think
