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PostPosted: Wed Sep 19, 2012 5:53 pm    Post subject: (solved)Second time installing gentoo -- missing make.conf Reply with quote

all the things in my gentoo/etc/portage folder is /saveconfig/sys-apps/busybox-1.20.1
i'm pretty sure that last time i did it there was a file there, and this wasn't long ago (earlier this year)... isn't there supposed to be some sort of basic layout file there with most common settings set up? am i doing something wrong? has the file been relocated? (i know the location of the example file tho)

Also, i've got a k10 architecture processor (on a laptop) is it ok for me to use march=k8 or should i use mtune=k8? or should i just not use any such option? i shouldn't use both mtune and march at the same time right?

Isn't it generally a good idea to copy make.conf.example over to etc/portage/ and then make that into make.conf, and just edit out the hashes for the options i wanna use?

I'm running amd64 (64 bit) version of this whole thing, should CHOST be set to "x86_64-pc-linux-gnu" or should i just not set chost at all?

Should i use the FFLAGS and FCFLAGS options? i'd like to ask what fortran is but i guess i can google that....

Portage uses a lot of example files (viewing example file) do i need to set all these directories? or they set themselves to something if i don't?

then theres just tons of options here i don't even know what are supposed to do... do i have to set all the options? or can i just leave most of these options hashed?


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and finally, when installing applications on gentoo as an example, skype, it gives me these options when downloading:

Ubuntu 10.04 32-bit
Ubuntu 10.04 64-bit
Debian 6.0 32-bit
Debian 6.0 64-bit
Fedora 16 32bit
OpenSUSE 12.1 32bit
Dynamic
Static

I'm expecting to see a lot of that choice between ubuntu and debian and such... so which one would be a good choice for gentoo? theres also static and dynamic, i would guess i'd download static... but i'm not really sure what it is.


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PostPosted: Wed Sep 19, 2012 5:55 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

After unpacking the stage tarball, you should have a make.conf in /etc. The Handbook documentation has been updated for a new location (/etc/portage) but the stage autobuild is currently down so the stages still have it in the old location.

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PostPosted: Wed Sep 19, 2012 6:06 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Thanks a lot john! (fast reply too) so, should i just make a new file in etc/portage ? or should i just use the etc/make.conf ? should i have one in both places? -- also this happens before i install the stage3 tarball, installing that comes after this part in the handbook, if i understood you correctly.
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PostPosted: Wed Sep 19, 2012 6:12 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

rabcor,

You can leave make.conf in /etc for now :wink:
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PostPosted: Wed Sep 19, 2012 6:15 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

allright, thats what i'll do, you guys are lifesavers! so fast replies i actually didn't have to stop for long. would appreciate some answers to my other questions tho :)
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PostPosted: Wed Sep 19, 2012 6:34 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

A few more answers, then:
  • CHOST should be set appropriately in the default make.conf. Don't change it right now.
  • If you don't know what Fortran is, you don't need FFLAGS or FCFLAGS.
  • Regarding Skype, the answer is, "None of the above." You use Gentoo's package manager, Portage, to install software. A quick search
    Code:
    ~ # equery list -p skype
     * Searching for skype ...
    [-P-] [ ~] net-im/skype-2.2.0.35-r99:0
    [-P-] [ ~] net-im/skype-4.0.0.8-r1:0
    shows that Portage knows about Skype already, although it's keyworded in the testing branch. Your homework assignment is to understand what that last sentence means. :wink:
  • 2nd homework assignment. equery is part of the app-portage/gentoolkit package. Study the Handbook sufficiently and you should understand how to install it. :)
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PostPosted: Wed Sep 19, 2012 8:33 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Thanks!

Also one thing i noticed (this is the 2nd time it happens) i'm getting a "download error" in links when i download the stage3 saying "could not creae file ... No space left on device" however it does make the file. bu tafter that it'll just give me more errors if i try to proceed. everytime it happened i just redid everything from scratch (the disks and all) and it seemed to work, i don't really get why this error happens.

But i'm just gonna redo it all again now, i think its really weird tho, cus i was partway through the installation, then i accidentally restarted my computer, and for some reason after mounting /mnt/gentoo and /mnt/boot again on the partitions, this error came up, the first time it happened was on my very first install attempt. anyone got any ideas?
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PostPosted: Wed Sep 19, 2012 8:35 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

You were probably in the wrong directory. Once the root partition is mounted on /mnt/gentoo, you need to change into that directory before downloading the stage tarball.

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PostPosted: Wed Sep 19, 2012 9:07 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

i think i know what the deal was

i did cd "/mnt/gentoo" when i should've probably done "cd mnt/gentoo" thats my guess anyhow
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PostPosted: Wed Sep 19, 2012 9:28 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

From the root directory of the install CD, those are equivalent. From anywhere else, only the former works. I'd recommend the former. :wink:

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PostPosted: Wed Sep 19, 2012 9:54 pm    Post subject: Re: Second time installing gentoo -- missing make.conf (and Reply with quote

rabcor wrote:
Also, i've got a k10 architecture processor (on a laptop) is it ok for me to use march=k8 or should i use mtune=k8? or should i just not use any such option? i shouldn't use both mtune and march at the same time right?
The -march and -mtune flags can be used at the same time, typically with the same value. Boot the install CD and run
Code:
cat /proc/cpuinfo
which will tell you the exact parameters of your CPU. You can then look up well tested optimal CFLAGS on the Safe CFLAGS page of the Gentoo Linux Wiki.

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PostPosted: Wed Sep 19, 2012 11:48 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

still don't get that thing with no disk space... it wasn't a wrong directory. but no matter, i got past it. thanks a ton for all your help, especially the safe cflags wiki link, that proved very very helpful i believe
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