Re: [PLUG] Gentoo Experts, I have questions

[JP Toto <viceclown@yahoo.com>]

Generally the more specific you make the make.conf file the more likely 
you'll have compile problems. I usually make them somewhat generic but 
specific to the family of cpu's like 686 and stuff. That way I haven't 
had a compile error in an long time. Also, make sure you set the 
ACCEPT_KEYWORDS in make.conf to "x86".

I can tell you that the gentoo forums are VERY active and you should be 
able to find a post related to your problem pretty easily

Cheers  - JP

Kam Salisbury wrote:

> Well, it finally happened. I decided to reload my pc from Redhat 9 to Gentoo.
>
> I downloaded the GRP iso built for Athlon (I have a 1GHz Tbird processor)
> and followed the install directions for the platform specific build.
> Unfortunately, during the 'emerge -u world' step (I chose a stage 3
> tarball since it is already an athlon specific build) after quite some
> time of building... I get a build error and that step fails. In make.conf
> I did specify -mcpu=athlon but not -march...
>
> Any tips?
>
> Should I just let make.conf specify i686 builds?
>
> Should I do a stage 2 tarball build instead?
>
> Is this a known 'broke' thing? ie. Should I have not used the instructions
> at http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/gentoo-x86-1.4_rc2-install.xml  like the
> gentoo website says to?
>
> (Yes, I read through the FAQ...)

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