[ltp] For gentoo users

[Thomas de Grenier de Latour]

On Thu, 03 Feb 2005 10:11:39 +1300
Nick Rout <nick@rout.co.nz> wrote:

> Once I have the base system up and running I am usually happy
> for it to compile to update

Yep, that would also be my advice when one want a Gentoo system up
and running after a negligible installation time:
 - install from GRP packages a system you're confortable with
(KDE or whatever else you like)
 - set a high value for PORTAGE_NICENESS in make.conf (something
like 15)
 - recompile packages "by need", for updates or to change some USE
flags, as a background task. This compilations have no cost, you
can still work on your desktop at the same time (you will just
hear more disk activity, but you should hardly feel it otherwise).

Two commands you should now to choose what to recompile first:
 - "glsa-check" for security updates (it is in the
app-portage/gentoolkit package)
 - "emerge -av --newuse world" to apply some USE flag changes to
all the concerned packages 

-- 
TGL.