RE: [gentoo-user] Reinstall and keep portage files

2003-03-27 Thread Gwendolyn van der Linden
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

Re: [gentoo-user] Reinstall and keep portage files

2003-03-27 Thread Patrick Marquetecken
Thank, I pressed enter before the mail was done. Patrick On Thu, 27 Mar 2003 09:51:48 +0100 Gwendolyn van der Linden [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 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

Re: [gentoo-user] Reinstall and keep portage files

2003-03-27 Thread Azhdeen
Hi You might want to save your binary packages too. they're in $PORTDIR/packages (default to /usr/portage/packages ) it can save a LOT of time if you make a ... mistake Azhdeen Hi, I need to reinstall my system but want to keep the downloaded files in the portage, so i don't have to