[clue-tech] Any Gentoo users in the group?

[Dennis J Perkins]

On Mon, 2007-09-03 at 10:19 -0600, David L. Anselmi wrote:
> Yuko Jonah wrote:
> > While at this are there any Linux From Scratch users around, or someone who
> > knows how to install this beast. would like to try it out.
> 
> It's been a while but it was pretty easy back then.  You'll learn how to 
> read error messages carefully and track them down on Google, as well as 
> how all this stuff is put together underneath.
> 
> They didn't have any useful package management when I used it so for me 
> it was strictly a science lab.  I had to use a different distro for real 
> work.  But I suspect that someone has added a package manager by now. 
> Even if not it's still a worthwhile experience.
> 
> Dave
> ________________________________________

Some people are using Pacman but there is nothing in LFS proper about a
PM.  There is some discussion about adding it in the next book.  I think
it would be a good idea, even if it is optional, because it makes sense
to use the PM when building LFS.