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• The Gentoo Linux build system (Score:1)

  by lee (6376)

  I have been using Gentoo Linux for over 6 months now and have it installed on 6 computers ranging from Athlon XP workhorse to Apple G3 laptop. It's package menagement system is called Portage and I believe it can solve all the Slash installation problems in one swoop, seriously. Like the BSDs all software is compiled from source. It has this concept it called USE flags. These are compile time options which is exactly what slash needs to be properly configured. These options can tell Portage to download a s
  • Re:The Gentoo Linux build system (Score:1)

    by lee (6376) on Wednesday March 24 2004, @07:47PM (#6207)

    Not checking the defaults I slipped and hit the submit button. There should be line breaks in there but I can't find a way to edit posts.

    -lee

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    • Re:The Gentoo Linux build system (Score:2)

      by tf23 (175)

      You can't go back and edit comments that have already been posted. That functionality's not in the stock code.
      
        tf23

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