[ltp] For gentoo users

[Nick Rout]

On Thu, 3 Feb 2005 09:47:25 +0100
Thomas de Grenier de Latour <degrenier@easyconnect.fr> wrote:

> 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 

That is excellent advice. 

One source of grp binaries (unofficial but very up to date) is http://chinstrap.alternating.net



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