> I need to reinstall my system but want to keep the > downloaded files in the portage, so i don't have to > donwload them again.
And your question is...? If you're wanting to know what you need to back up, I'd say: backup /usr/portage/distfiles/ The package list is also quite big, but doing a fresh emerge sync doesn't hurt too much. Otherwise just backup the whole /usr/portage. Gwendolyn. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list