Re: [gentoo-user] Using 'world' file to clone another machine

2006-01-26 Thread Ciaran McCreesh
On Wed, 25 Jan 2006 17:38:14 -0500 Michael A. Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: | Weird, huh? Not weird at all. emerge reads target names from the commandline, but not from stdin. Chris should know this... -- Ciaran McCreesh : Gentoo Developer (King of all Londinium) Mail: ciaranm at

Re: [gentoo-user] Using 'world' file to clone another machine

2006-01-25 Thread Michael A. Smith
Jeff wrote: I'm sure this one's been asked a million times too... Machine A, runs Gentoo/KDE and a handful of other apps I've collected over the year. I would like Machine B to have the same exact packages. How would I use Machine A's /var/lib/portage/world file to make my 'clone'? Thanks

Re: [gentoo-user] Using 'world' file to clone another machine

2006-01-25 Thread Michael A. Smith
Michael A. Smith wrote: Jeff wrote: I'm sure this one's been asked a million times too... Machine A, runs Gentoo/KDE and a handful of other apps I've collected over the year. I would like Machine B to have the same exact packages. How would I use Machine A's /var/lib/portage/world file to

Re: [gentoo-user] Using 'world' file to clone another machine

2006-01-25 Thread Chris White
On Thursday 26 January 2006 06:03, Michael A. Smith wrote: Correction. emerge --ask `cat /tmp/welcome_to_my_world.lst` Correction, Correction: `emerge --ask $( /tmp/welcome_to_my_world.lst)` or heck: `emerge --ask /tmp/welcome_to_my_world.lst` might even work ;-D Chris White

Re: [gentoo-user] Using 'world' file to clone another machine

2006-01-25 Thread Michael A. Smith
Chris White wrote: On Thursday 26 January 2006 06:03, Michael A. Smith wrote: Correction. emerge --ask `cat /tmp/welcome_to_my_world.lst` Correction, Correction: `emerge --ask $( /tmp/welcome_to_my_world.lst)` Way to decrease entropy, Chris. Why don't you email the whole list and tell