On Fri, 25 Feb 2022 11:26:34 +0100, Dr Rainer Woitok wrote: > Nice idea. However, I'd like to keep things as simple as possible, be- > cause an important usecase for me is installing a new or fixing an ex- > isting system after booting from a USB stick. The "script" binary is in > package "sys-apps/util-linux" which belongs to "@system", so it SHOULD > be on my USB stick. Like "cmp" and "diff" from package "sys-apps/diff- > utils" which belong to "@system" too, but which were NOT on my USB stick > when I used it to install my current system about three years ago, or at > least they were not in "PATH" (I then didn't frantically need these, so > I didn't really search for them).
Use a different live distro, one that includes all you need - such as System Rescue. I think Arve's suggestion of using screen (or tmux) is the simplest effective solution. I routinely run emerge -a @world in a tmux session, and scrolling back though long update lists is easy. -- Neil Bothwick I spilled Spot remover on my dog. Now he's gone.
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