Re: [gentoo-user] installing a binary package without /usr/portage

2006-06-02 Thread Ryan Tandy
Teresa and Dale wrote: Could you put /usr/portage on a dvd and just mount it there? Don't put the whole of /usr/portage on the DVD, since all the ebuilds etc you won't be using are a waste of space. Rather, just put packages/ on the DVD, and mount it there. You could also use a NFS to

Re: [gentoo-user] installing a binary package without /usr/portage

2006-06-02 Thread Iain Buchanan
On Fri, 2006-06-02 at 00:36 -0500, Teresa and Dale wrote: Iain Buchanan wrote: Hi all, I use gentoo on small industrial-pc's, and strip out a lot of stuff that just takes up space, such as /usr/portage. Could you put /usr/portage on a dvd and just mount it there? A dvd should hold a

Re: [gentoo-user] installing a binary package without /usr/portage

2006-06-02 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Fri, 02 Jun 2006 13:14:38 +0930, Iain Buchanan wrote: I use gentoo on small industrial-pc's, and strip out a lot of stuff that just takes up space, such as /usr/portage. I made a binary package with quickpkg, to install (with emerge --usepkg) on one of these PC's, but it complains about

Re: [gentoo-user] installing a binary package without /usr/portage

2006-06-02 Thread Daniel da Veiga
On 6/2/06, Iain Buchanan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi all, I use gentoo on small industrial-pc's, and strip out a lot of stuff that just takes up space, such as /usr/portage. Just take out space?! Ok, I know you must strip down stuff, but portage is the heart of Gentoo, without it, you strip

Re: [gentoo-user] installing a binary package without /usr/portage

2006-06-02 Thread Matthew Cline
On 6/1/06, Iain Buchanan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi all, I use gentoo on small industrial-pc's, and strip out a lot of stuff that just takes up space, such as /usr/portage. Depending on how much free space you have available, you could send a copy of the portage tree along with the binary

Re: [gentoo-user] installing a binary package without /usr/portage

2006-06-02 Thread Bo Ørsted Andresen
Friday 02 June 2006 05:44 skrev Iain Buchanan: I use gentoo on small industrial-pc's, and strip out a lot of stuff that just takes up space, such as /usr/portage. I made a binary package with quickpkg, to install (with emerge --usepkg) on one of these PC's, but it complains about lots of

[gentoo-user] installing a binary package without /usr/portage

2006-06-01 Thread Iain Buchanan
Hi all, I use gentoo on small industrial-pc's, and strip out a lot of stuff that just takes up space, such as /usr/portage. I made a binary package with quickpkg, to install (with emerge --usepkg) on one of these PC's, but it complains about lots of stuff missing. So, if I want to do without

Re: [gentoo-user] installing a binary package without /usr/portage

2006-06-01 Thread Teresa and Dale
Iain Buchanan wrote: Hi all, I use gentoo on small industrial-pc's, and strip out a lot of stuff that just takes up space, such as /usr/portage. I made a binary package with quickpkg, to install (with emerge --usepkg) on one of these PC's, but it complains about lots of stuff missing. So, if I