Gentoo Questions

[Collins]

On Mon, 9 Dec 2002 09:37:28 +0100 Roger Oberholtzer <roger at opq.se>
wrote:
> I have (or am in the process of completing) switched to Gentoo at
> home. I'could' even do this on my workstation at work.
> 
> However, as nice as Gentoo is, I don't see how it could be used in a
> production environment. Meaning that the install phase is very
> intensive. We could not do this on every customer system.
> 
> So, I will probably limit my playing with Gentoo to home.
> 

Two possibilities come to mind:

1. Package the results of your lengthy install as one or more
tarballs, distribute via ftp or cd, etc.  Unpack the tarball(s) on the
target machine and tailor as required.

2. It is possible to package binary packages in an ebuild, so that you
would have the equivalent of an RPM.  You could package all the
ebuilds and distribute as above.

3. Peruse the gentoo forum (www.gentoo.org) and ask your question
there.  I'm sure someone has done this.

--
Collins Richey - Denver Area
Gentoo 1.4 system