[olug] joys of Gentoo (was: debian apt, upgrade mixed software)

[Mike Hostetler]

On 2002.06.23 16:30 Brian Wiese wrote:
> Just thought I'd share something that I finally figured out with
> debian
> apt, and have been wanting to do for quite a while... install packages
> in
> debian from different distributions (stable/testing/unstable) while
> maintaining the rest of my system.
> 
> The first time I tried to do this, I edited my /etc/apt/soruces.list
> to
> have unstable sources, instead testing (which I am/was running)... did
> an
> apt-get install pkgname and I think it screwed up my entire system,
> upgrading me to unstable or something.

Sure this is a plug . . . but if you were using Gentoo, you wouldn't 
have this problem

I installed Gentoo a few weeks ago, and am never looking back.  It's 
solid, it's stable, and it's much easier to install and upgrade than I 
ever thought a source-based distro would be (or even a binary-based).  
Per the rest of the conversation, Gentoo checked m5 when downloading a 
package for security-sake.  Also, unlike most distros, the packages are 
updated continuely . . .if you wanted, you could update your whole 
system every day.

I did wite a review that I post on www.olug.org, but it has never made 
it up.  But I do have another online version, if somone wants to see my 
installation experience and first-hand impressions:
http://users.binary.net/thehaas/gentooreview.html

-- mikeh



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