[Catalyst] Is it normal to have lots of trouble installing catalyst?

[Toby Corkindale]

I've been using the Gentoo Portage Catalyst overlay, and always seem to hit
one issue or another during installation.
Nothing I can't fix, but the installation isn't exactly painless!
More discussion on the matter is here:
http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-p-3005577.html

-Toby

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