How I managed to install 2008.0_beta2 + paludis + afs

[Mr. Tao]

1. Get SystemRescueCD, burn and boot.
   
2. Assume following disc layout:
   /dev/sda1 boot
   /dev/sda2 extended
   /dev/sda5 swap
   /dev/sda6 root
3. Prepare filesystems:
   mkfs.reiser4 -L root -o create=ccreg40 /dev/sda6
   mount /dev/sda6 /mnt/gentoo -o noatime
   mkdir /mnt/gentoo/boot
   mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/gentoo/boot -o noatime
   mkswap /dev/sda5
   swapon /dev/sda5
4. Prepare loop files:
   AFS cache (128 MB)
   dd if=/dev/random of=/mnt/gentoo/AFSFile bs=4M count=32
   ccache (512 MB)
   dd if=/dev/urandom of=/mnt/gentoo/CcacheFile bs=16M count=32
   sparse file (up to 1 GB) for portage tree
   dd if=/dev/null of=/mnt/gentoo/PortageFile bs=1M seek=1024
   Set up loop filesystems:
   mkfs.reiser4 -L portage -f /mnt/gentoo/PortageFile (no -o create=ccreg40 because of unfinished reiser4 loop files support)
   mkfs.reiser4 -L ccache -f /mnt/gentoo/CcacheFile
   mkfs.ext3 -L afs /mnt/gentoo/AfsFile
   tune2fs -o journal_data_writeback
   tune2fs -m 2
   Mount loop files:
   mkdir /mnt/gentoo/usr/local/portage
   mkdir /mnt/gentoo/var/tmp/ccache
   mount -o loop,noatime /mnt/gentoo/CcacheFile /var/tmp/ccache
   mount -o loop,noatime /mnt/gentoo/PortageFile /usr/portage
   
5. Install 2008.0_beta2 Portage snapshot:
   mkdir /mnt/gentoo/usr/portage
   mount /mnt/gentoo/PortageFile /mnt/gentoo/usr/portage -o loop,noatime
   curl ftp://mirror.switch.ch/mirror/gentoo/releases/snapshots/2008.0_beta2/portage-2008.0_beta2.tar.bz2 | tar jxvp -C /mnt/gentoo/usr/
   Install 2008.0_beta2 stage3 files:
   curl ftp://mirror.switch.ch/mirror/gentoo/releases/x86/2008.0_beta2/stages/stage3-i686-2008.0_beta2.tar.bz2 | tar jxvp -C /mnt/gentoo/
6. Prepare chroot:
   cp /etc/resolv.conf /mnt/gentoo/etc
   mount -t proc none /mnt/gentoo/proc
   mount -o bind /dev /mnt/gentoo/dev
   
   Prepare environment:
   chroot /mnt/gentoo /bin/bash
   env-update ; source /etc/profile
   export PS1="\A $PS1"
7. Edit make.conf:

   /etc/make.conf wrote:

   CFLAGS="-Os -march=prescott -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer -msse3" CXXFLAGS=${CFLAGS} CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu" FEATURES="ccache userfetch userpriv usersandbox" MAKEOPTS="-j3 -s" ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="~x86" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/usr/local/portage" DISTDIR="/usr/local/portage/distfiles" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://ftp.fi.muni.cz/pub/linux/gentoo/ http://gentoo.mirror.web4u.cz/ ftp://gentoo.mirror.web4u.cz/" SYNC="rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage"

8. Prepare to build:
   emerge -avt ccache
   export CCACHE_DIR=/var/tmp/ccache
   ccache -M 510M
9. Install paludis:
   1. USE=-python emerge -avt paludis
   2. Edit configuration
      1. bashrc

         /etc/paludis/bashrc wrote:

         CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu" CFLAGS="-Os -march=native -msse3 -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer" CXXFLAGS="${CFLAGS}" LDFLAGS="-Wl,-O1 -Wl,--hash-style=gnu -Wl,--as-needed -Wl,-z,now" MAKEOPTS="-j4 -s" PATH="/usr/lib/ccache/bin/:${PATH}" CCACHE_DIR="/var/tmp/ccache" SANDBOX_WRITE="${SANDBOX_WRITE}:${CCACHE_DIR}" if [[ "${CATEGORY}/${PN}" == "sys-libs/ncurses" ]] ; then CFLAGS="-Os -march=native -msse3 -pipe" fi if [[ "${CATEGORY}/${PN}" == "sys-fs/udev" ]] ; then MAKEOPTS="-j1" LDFLAGS="-O ---hash-style=gnu --as-needed -z now" fi if [[ "${CATEGORY}/${PN}" == "sci-physics/root" ]] ; then EXTRA_ECONF="--enable-pythia6 --with-pythia6-libdir=/usr/lib" fi export PKG_CONFIG_PATH="/usr/qt/3/lib/pkgconfig"

      2. environment.conf

         /etc/paludis/environment.conf wrote:

         world = /var/lib/portage/world reduced_username = portage

      3. keywords.conf

         /etc/paludis/keywords.conf wrote:

         */* x86 ~x86

      4. licenses.conf

         /etc/paludis/licenses.conf wrote:

         */* *

      5. mirrors.conf

         /etc/paludis/mirrors.conf wrote:

         * http://gentoo.mirror.web4u.cz//distfiles http://ftp.fi.muni.cz/pub/linux/gentoo//distfiles ftp://gentoo.mirror.web4u.cz//distfiles

      6. package_mask.conf

         /etc/paludis/package_mask.conf wrote:

         media-libs/fontconfig::gentoo =app-misc/screen-9999:0::berkano

      7. package_unmask.conf

         /etc/paludis/package_unmask.conf wrote:

         app-paludis/paludis-hooks-ask www-client/mozilla-firefox dev-libs/nss dev-libs/nspr net-libs/xulrunner =net-www/netscape-flash-10_beta20080515

      8. use.conf

         /etc/paludis/use.conf wrote:

         */* bash-completion ithreads sqlite sse2 xattr gmp sasl threads */* LINGUAS: -* cs sk en en_US

   3. Configure repositories:
      1. berkano.conf

         /etc/paludis/repositories/berkano.conf wrote:

         location = ${ROOT}/usr/portage/local/berkano sync = svn+http://svn.liveforge.org/berkano/trunk master_repository = gentoo format = ebuild names_cache = /var/cache/paludis/names write_cache = /var/cache/paludis/metadata

      2. centerim_mob-branch.conf

         /etc/paludis/repositories/centerim_mob-branch.conf wrote:

         location = ${ROOT}/usr/portage/local/centerim sync = rsync://transacid.de/centerim sync_options = "--rsync-option=--exclude=profiles" master_repository = gentoo format = ebuild names_cache = /var/cache/paludis/names write_cache = /var/cache/paludis/metadata

      3. custom-kernels.conf

         /etc/paludis/repositories/custom-kernels.conf wrote:

         location = ${ROOT}/usr/portage/local/custom-kernels sync = svn+http://opensvn.csie.org/custom_kernels master_repository = gentoo format = ebuild names_cache = /var/cache/paludis/names write_cache = /var/cache/paludis/metadata

      4. desktop-effects.conf

         /etc/paludis/repositories/desktop-effects.conf wrote:

         location = ${ROOT}/usr/portage/local/desktop-effects sync = git://git.overlays.gentoo.org/proj/desktop-effects.git master_repository = gentoo format = ebuild names_cache = /var/cache/paludis/names write_cache = /var/cache/paludis/metadata

      5. gentoo.conf

         /etc/paludis/repositories/gentoo.conf wrote:

         location = ${ROOT}/usr/portage sync = rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage/ rsync://rsync.europe.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage/ profiles = ${location}/profiles/default/linux/x86/2008.0/ distdir = /usr/local/portage/distfiles format = ebuild names_cache = /var/cache/paludis/names write_cache = ${location}/metadata/cache

      6. installed.conf

         /etc/paludis/repositories/installed.conf wrote:

         location = ${ROOT}/var/db/pkg/ format = vdb names_cache = /var/cache/paludis/names provides_cache = /var/cache/paludis/provides

      7. mozilla.conf

         /etc/paludis/repositories/mozilla.conf wrote:

         location = ${ROOT}/usr/portage/local/mozilla sync = svn+http://overlays.gentoo.org/svn/proj/mozilla master_repository = gentoo format = ebuild names_cache = /var/cache/names write_cache = /var/cache/paludis/metadata

      8. paludis-extras.conf

         /etc/paludis/repositories/paludis-extra.conf wrote:

         location = ${ROOT}/usr/portage/local/paludis-extras sync = rsync://drzile.dyndns.org/paludis-extras/ rsync://server.guldbrand.net/paludis-extras/ rsync://ns-linux.org/paludis-extras/ master_repository = gentoo format = ebuild names_cache = /var/cache/paludis/names write_cache = /var/cache/paludis/metadata

      9. soor.conf (adjust qt3 ebuild according to creidiky)

         /etc/paludis/repositories/soor.conf wrote:

         location = ${ROOT}/usr/portage/local/qt-copy sync = git://repo.or.cz/gentoo-soor-overlay.git master_repository = gentoo format = ebuild names_cache = /var/cache/paludis/names write_cache = /var/cache/paludis/metadata

      10. rox.conf

          /etc/paludis/repositories/rox.conf wrote:

          location = ${ROOT}/usr/portage/local/rox sync = svn+http://overlays.gentoo.org/svn/proj/rox/trunk/overlay/ master_repository = gentoo format = ebuild names_cache = /var/cache/paludis/names write_cache = /var/cache/paludis/metadata

      11. science.conf

          /etc/paludis/repositories/science.conf wrote:

          location = ${ROOT}/usr/portage/local/science sync = svn+http://overlays.gentoo.org/svn/proj/science/overlay master_repository = gentoo format = ebuild names_cache = /var/cache/paludis/names write_cache = /var/cache/paludis/metadata

      12. sunrise.conf

          /etc/paludis/repositories/sunrise.conf wrote:

          location = ${ROOT}/usr/portage/local/sunrise sync = svn+http://overlays.gentoo.org/svn/proj/sunrise/reviewed master_repository = gentoo format = ebuild names_cache = /var/cache/paludis/names write_cache = /var/cache/paludis/metadata

      13. zen-sources.conf

          zen-sources.conf wrote:

          location = ${ROOT}/usr/portage/local/zen-sources sync = git://zen-sources.org/zen/portage-overlay.git master_repository = gentoo format = ebuild names_cache = /var/cache/paludis/names write_cache = /var/cache/paludis/metadata

   4. Finish paludis configuration:
      mkdir /var/cache/paludis/names -p
      mkdir /var/db/pkg/.cache/
      paludis -u --permit-unsafe-uninstalls mktemp
      usermod -G portage -a paludisbuild
      usermod -G paludisbuild -a portage
      mkdir /var/tmp/paludis
      chgrp -R portage /var/tmp/paludis
      chgrp -R portage /var/tmp/ccache
      chmod -R g+rwx /var/tmp/paludis
      chmod -R g+rwx /var/tmp/portage
      chmod -R g+rwx /var/tmp/ccache
      chmod +s /var/tmp/paludis
      chmod +s /var/tmp/portage
      chmod +s /var/tmp/ccache
10. Upgrade GCC: (there's an issue with upgrading from 4.1 to 4.3 on amd64 involving multilib, easy to patch after some googling)
    paludis -i01 gcc
    gcc-config 2
    source /etc/profile
    export PS1="\A $PS1"
11. Finishing this phase of installation:
    paludis -i01 udev (because of openrc !<sys-fs/udev-118-r2)
    dispatch-conf
    paludis -s
    edit locales:

    /etc/locale.gen wrote:

    cs_CZ.utf8 UTF-8 cs_CZ ISO-8859-2 sk_SK.utf8 UTF-8 sk_SK ISO-8859-2 en_US.UTF-8 UTF-8 en_US ISO-8859-1

    time paludis -i1 everything --dl-reinstall always
12. Install applications:
    1. Set USE flags:

       /etc/paludis/use.conf wrote:

       # use.conf # This file created by portage2paludis.bash */* 7zip a52 aac -accessibility acl acpi afs alsa amr amrnb amrwb apm avahi bash-completion bindist branding bzip2 caps cairo cdda cddb cdr curl dbus djvu dv dvd dvdr dvi \ eds exif esd fam ffmpeg flac fontconfig fuse galago gif glib glitz gmp gnome gnome-keyring gphoto2 gs gstreamer gtk hal hpn imagemagick imlib ithreads jbig jpeg jpeg2k \ -kde kdeenablefinal kdehiddenvisibility kerberos keyring lcms ldap libnotify lm_sensors lzma mmx mng mp3 mp4 mpeg nautilus nsplugin offensive ogg opengl paludis pch pdf peg png qt-copy qt3 qt4 \ samba slang speex spell sqlite sqlite3 sse sse2 svg theora threads tiff timidity tracker truetype vorbis wmf X X509 x264 xattr \ xcb xcomposite xine xinerama xml xpm xscreensaver xulrunner xv xvid zeroconf zsh-completion */* LINGUAS: -* cs sk en en_US */* VIDEO_CARDS: -* fglrx radeon */* ALSA_CARDS: -* intel8x0 cmipci */* PALUDIS_HOOKS: -* eselect dev-libs/boost icu sys-apps/paludis glsa inquisitio pink portage ruby visibility app-paludis/paludis-wrapper paludis_hooks_ask paludis_hooks_eselect paludis_hooks_nice sys-libs/ncurses profile app-paludis/paludis-hooks paludis_hooks_ask paludis_hooks_auto-patch paludis_hooks_check-security-updates paludis_hooks_collision-protect paludis_hooks_compress-man paludis_hooks_eselect paludis_hooks_generate-metadata paludis_hooks_locale-purge paludis_hooks_nice paludis_hooks_package-resume paludis_hooks_undo-prelink net-im/centerim icq www-client/elinks ftp javascript x11-libs/cairo opengl svg www-client/mozilla-firefox startup-notification net-dns/avahi mdnsresponder-compat media-video/mplayer ass cdparanoia color-console dts dvdnav dvdread -eac3 ftp -gtk live lzo mga mmxext mp2 mp3 mpeg musepack pnm quicktime rar real rtc samba speex sortsub theora tga win32codecs xv xvid net-fs/samba async swat winbind x11-libs/qt sqlite qt3support sys-fs/ntfs3g suid #net-nds/openldap smbkrb5passwd sys-auth/pambase consolekit mktemp net-fs/samba automount syslog app-admin/gkrellm hddtemp lm_sensors app-text/ghostscript-gpl -bindist app-misc/tracker applet deskbar gsf xine app-crypt/pinentry -gtk kde-base/kdelibs utempter media-gfx/gimp smp net-libs/xulrunner startup-notification x11-misc/xscreensaver new-login dev-python/gnome-python-desktop metacity media-video/totem ffmpeg gnome-extra/gnome-games artworkextra media-libs/sdl-mixer mikmod games-simulation/openttd scenarios net-misc/openssh -ldap gnome-extra/gnome-games guile media-gfx/splashutils fbcondecor media-gfx/inkscape dia inkjar postscript sci-physics/geant athena examples x11-wm/compiz-fusion unsupported sys-apps/hal disk-partition laptop sys-apps/parted device-mapper sys-power/pm-utils ntp net-misc/neon pkcs11 media-libs/xine-lib mmap app-text/poppler-bindings -qt3 gnome-base/gdm remote app-misc/screen multiuser nethack media-video/totem -tracker sci-physics/root fftw x11-libs/openmotif xft gnome-extra/sensors-applet hddtemp gnome-base/gnome-applets -apm

    2. Here comes circular-dependecy hell: (also fix involved ebuilds according to _GNU_SOURCE solution)
       paludis -i subversion
       nano /usr/portage/locale/paludis-extras/repo_name
       paludis -s
       mkdir /var/cache/paludis/metadata
       paludis -i paludis-hooks
       paludis -i1 paludis
       time paludis -i1 --dl-reinstall if-use-changed --continue-on-failure if-satisfied
       real 196m41.592s
       user 165m45.495s
       sys 78m20.580s
       paludis -i01 glib
       time paludis -i1 --dl-reinstall if-use-changed --continue-on-failure if-satisfied everything
       echo "x11-base/xorg-server -hal" >> /etc/paludis/use.conf
       eselect paludis-hook disable collision-protect
       paludis -i01 ncurses
       eselect paludis-hook enable collision-protect
       remove check on ubuntu flag in libXft::soor ebuild
       /etc/conf.d/prelink PRELINKING="yes"
13. Build kernel:
    cd /usr/src/linux
    make menuconfig
    make -j4 && make modules_install
14. Continue with building:
    time paludis -i1 --dl-reinstall if-use-changed --continue-on-failure if-satisfied everything
    prelink -amR
    paludis -i gdm
15. Edit configuration files:
    nano -w /etc/conf.d/consolefont
    nano -w /etc/conf.d/gpm
    nano -w /etc/conf.d/hwclock
    nano -w /etc/conf.d/keymaps
    nano -w /etc/conf.d/ntp-clien
    nano -w /etc/openafs/ThisCell
    nano -w /etc/fstab
    
    cd /etc
    rm localtime
    ln -s ../usr/share/zoneinfo/Europe/Prague /etc/localtime
    
    paludis -i reiser4progs sysfsutils dhcpcd vixie-cron gkrellm syslog-ng
    
    rc-update add alsasound boot
    rc-update add gpm default
    rc-update add ntp-client default
    rc-update add ntpd default
    rc-update add openafs-client default
    rc-update add sshd default
    rc-update add cupsd default
    rc-update add xdm default
    rc-update add vixie-cron default
    rc-update add syslog-ng default

[bigmatt]

cool, that should help a lot of people!

[inp3dance]

Hi, I'd like to ask U 2 questions:
- -Os is faster on prescott than -O2 ?
- kdeenablefinal and kdehiddenvisibility breaks prelink, or why aren't U using them?

[Mr. Tao]

[MageSlayer]

Seems like this lacks one last important step - removing portage itself (not a joke). However, some core packages DEPEND on portage, and thus it's not easy. Maybe some hint will follow?

[tranquilcool]

with this;

chgrp -R portage /var/tmp/paludis

kde*-scm packages do not build.
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this is a strange strange world.

[Mr. Tao]