Talk:Metro

Notes for the acoming METRO FAQ

i would like to setup also a Metro FAQ. would you please add questions and answers? :-) -- ferdy

1. what is metro?

  Metro is the build system for Funtoo stages. It automates the bootstrapping process.

2. which is the latest version of metro?

  As for today, the raccomanded way to use metro is to clone it from git repository (see Quick Installation Guide)

3. how can i get metro? How can i configure it?

  See Quick Installation Guide

4. how i choose the best stage3 for my arch 5. can i build 32 from 64? and viceversa?

  you can build 32 within 64 but not the other way around

6. can i build any cpu arch from any different cpu arch?

  if you use any stage, the CPU of your system needs to support at least
  all those instruction of the source or target stage's subarch.

6. can i build stable from current? and viceversa?

Remote builds

I can't imagine that each architecture's stage3 can be used to remote build another architecture (not just for the supported architectures).

Based on the 32-/64-bit split on the table on Funtoo Linux Installation, and that a 32-bit stage cannot make 64-bit stages and vice versa, I made a little graph:

I'm guessing there is no link between amd64 and x86 because the amd64 does not come with {x86,i686}-pc-linux-gnu-gcc (etc.)...

(please note this has been cut&paste'd from the original http://docs.funtoo.org/wiki/Talk:Metro_Quick_Start_Tutorial written by Apple -- ferdy on 2011/02/15)