[Mageia-discuss] Build your own Mageia-version?

[Doug Laidlaw]

On Fri, 15 Jun 2012 09:25:38 +0100
Claire Robinson <eeeemail at gmail.com> wrote:

> On 15/06/12 03:47, Kristoffer Grundström wrote:
> > Would it be possible to install Mageia the same way that you install
> > Gentoo?
> > I'd like to see the results of it.
> > Not just thru a chroot.
> > A real installation like Gentoo when you compile from beginning to
> > the end.
> >
> > /Kristoffer
> 
> All the SRPMs are on the mirrors Kristoffer.
> 
> Claire
> 
What about dependencies?  For example, people have complained about
being given all the printer drivers under the sun.  Having access to
the SRPMs would allow that to be tailored, I suppose.  I tried Gentoo
derivatives recently and had all kinds of problems.  It needs more
theoretical background than I have.

Doug.