Re: [gentoo-user] [SOLVED] single package backup

2008-06-24 Thread Daniel Iliev
On Tue, 24 Jun 2008 14:54:09 +0200 Alex Schuster [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Daniel Iliev asks: Let's say there's a new version of a given package. I'd like to make a backup, update, test and if I liked the old version better restore. What is (is there?) the Gentoo way to do that?

Re: [gentoo-user] [SOLVED] single package backup

2008-06-24 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Tue, 24 Jun 2008 16:32:57 +0300, Daniel Iliev wrote: quickpkg is exactly what I was looking for. You can also add buildpkg to FEATURES, then portage will create a binary package for every package you install. It can use a fair amount of disk space, but it means you can always roll back from

Re: [gentoo-user] [SOLVED] single package backup

2008-06-24 Thread Alex Schuster
Neil Bothwick writes: You can also add buildpkg to FEATURES, then portage will create a binary package for every package you install. It can use a fair amount of disk space, but it means you can always roll back from a broken version, even if you managed to break portage. And there's also

Re: [gentoo-user] [SOLVED] single package backup

2008-06-24 Thread Daniel Iliev
On Tue, 24 Jun 2008 16:23:45 +0100 Neil Bothwick [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tue, 24 Jun 2008 16:32:57 +0300, Daniel Iliev wrote: quickpkg is exactly what I was looking for. You can also add buildpkg to FEATURES, then portage will create a binary package for every package you install. It