[Wlug] Hello from new member. April topics?

[Eric Stein]

That is probably specified in /etc/make.conf.

Eric

Terry S wrote:
> Well, it was a while ago...
>
> ...in a nutshell, I was rebuilding base system and the portage tree a 
> few months after install, following instructions posted and detailed 
> reasoning explained by a senior Gentoo developer.
>
> After a few problems problems, the error that blocked me from fixing 
> anything else was that the rsync server I chose at install time was no 
> longer valid, which I verified by looking at the list again. But no 
> one seemed to know how to change it, and I just couldn't deal with 
> re-installing the whole thing at that time (I did a Stage 2, which 
> took 2 days).
>
> I still have Gentoo installed on that computer, but I just don't have 
> time to deal with it right now. Maybe in the summer, then again, maybe 
> not. Slackware may be more appropriate, considering time constraints. 
> I have it installed (dual-boot) on the Windows box I'm using right 
> now, but I barely have time to touch it...hope to change that in the 
> next couple of weeks!
>
> Actually, the first thing I want to do is install Slackware on my 
> laptop. I might do that in the next week.
>
> Several things going on right now. Like needing to get a used network 
> printer with "tabloid-size" capability installed on my Windows box, 
> then (fingers crossed) getting it installed under Linux, too -- oh, 
> joy [sarcasm]! *But first* there's this mechanism that I didn't 
> realize needs replacing about every 6 years -- and it's $180 to buy -- 
> and first I have to figure out how to get the darn mechanism apart and 
> cleaned, because sometimes that can be the problem...I wonder if I 
> should just give up and shell out the $180 bucks!
>
> Thanks Eric and Eric for your offers of help.
>
> Sincerely,
> Terry S