On 5/25/05, Andrei A. Voropaev <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, May 25, 2005 at 06:06:38PM +0530, Chakkaradeep C C wrote: > > Hi, > > > > > LFS and Gentoo are similar in some ways in the sense that they both > > > offer you the opportunity to build your system from scratch, giving > > > plenty of customization and optimization choices. But their goals are > > > probably slightly different. > > > > this is what i want to know,....in what ways LFS and Gentoo are > > different?..both are building linux from scratch giving plenty of > > customization and optimization choices..... > > > > > Have you considered that perhaps Gentoo might be what you want? :) > > > > i will ask u the same question to the people out there.........when > > will u think that perhaps Gentoo might be what you want?... > > > > becoz we LFS people,when we say YDYR, we should emphazise by comparing > > with other available systems, for example Gentoo.......... > > - Hide quoted text - > > Well. Just my opinion. I'm using LFS because I wanted to learn how to > build and maintain linux, not just because I wanted to have "self-built" > system. My whole idea was to create a system that is totally under my > control. In other words I know exactly what, when and why is executed, > added, removed. > > Gentoo (and any other distribution) offers package management. This is > some obscure system that does decision making behind my back. (No I > don't want to say that this is bad, it's just something that I > personally don't like). For most of people, who have to manage fairly > complex setups, this is a must. Otherwise they can easily get lost. For > me it is not needed. My setup is fairly simple, so the little system > I've created for myself does very good job. > > So, I would be kind of disappointed if LFS would include complex package > management system. Because then it would loose its clearness and become > just another distro like Gentoo. In which case I'd prefer to go with > Gentoo since it's by far more advanced in this area and still offers > "self-compiled" system. > > Unlike you, I do consider YDYR the most important side of LFS. If you > don't care about this, then you should consider using Gentoo. (No > offend, just the reality :) In fact, I don't see any other thing that > would make LFS better than Gentoo :) > > -- > Minds, like parachutes, function best when open > -- > http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-support > FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/faq.html > Unsubscribe: See the above information page >
Having used Gentoo 2004.1-2005.0 during the last school year, I have to say that portage is one of the most complete source based package management systems that I have seen in 4 years of using Linux, (distros include Debian 3.0, Mandrake 7.2, 8.0, 8.2, Redhat 7.2, Fedora Core 3 test, Suse 9.0 professional, LFS 5.0, LFS 5.1, LFS 6.0). However, I must say that I dislike portage's habit of building programs inside /var/tmp/portage, which makes setting up partition layout rather annoying because of a need for about 3-4gb of free space in /var/tmp for it to build a complete system in 1 pass. -- LFS ID #12355 -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
