[gentoo-user] /usr/portage/packages/Packages - what for?

2009-09-15 Thread Helmut Jarausch
Hi, I have the impression that when rsync'ing /usr/portage/packages from another machine (BINSERVER), emerge --update --newuse --deep --buildpkg @system @world doesn't update packages which are upto-date on BINSERVER but not upto-date on the local machine. What's the role of the file

Re: [gentoo-user] /usr/portage/packages/Packages - what for?

2009-09-15 Thread Frank Steinmetzger
Am Dienstag, 15. September 2009 schrieb Helmut Jarausch: Hi, I have the impression that when rsync'ing /usr/portage/packages from another machine (BINSERVER), emerge --update --newuse --deep --buildpkg @system @world doesn't update packages which are upto-date on BINSERVER but not upto-date

Re: [gentoo-user] /usr/portage/packages/Packages - what for?

2009-09-15 Thread Fabrice Delliaux
On Tue, 15 Sep 2009 15:21:50 +0200 Frank Steinmetzger wrote: Here it stores alotta info about the binary packages - for instance with what useflags they were compiled. This info is not in the archives, which only contain the files. No, informations about environment are included in tbz2

Re: [gentoo-user] /usr/portage/packages/Packages - what for?

2009-09-15 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Tue, 15 Sep 2009 15:19:01 +0200 (CEST), Helmut Jarausch wrote: I have the impression that when rsync'ing /usr/portage/packages from another machine (BINSERVER), emerge --update --newuse --deep --buildpkg @system @world doesn't update packages which are upto-date on BINSERVER but not

Re: [gentoo-user] /usr/portage/packages/Packages - what for?

2009-09-15 Thread Helmut Jarausch
On 15 Sep, Neil Bothwick wrote: On Tue, 15 Sep 2009 15:19:01 +0200 (CEST), Helmut Jarausch wrote: I have the impression that when rsync'ing /usr/portage/packages from another machine (BINSERVER), emerge --update --newuse --deep --buildpkg @system @world doesn't update packages which are

Re: [gentoo-user] /usr/portage/packages/Packages - what for?

2009-09-15 Thread Mike Williams
On Tuesday 15 September 2009 15:04:23 Fabrice Delliaux wrote: On Tue, 15 Sep 2009 15:21:50 +0200 Frank Steinmetzger wrote: Here it stores alotta info about the binary packages - for instance with what useflags they were compiled. This info is not in the archives, which only contain the