[gentoo-user] union merge for binpkg makers

2009-05-05 Thread Simon
Hi there, i've been using my host online to compile updates for like the past year or so... My host is currently configured so that its world file is the combination of all my PCs at home's world. So the host has x11 installed and lots of other completely useless stuff for a remote host! I

Re: [gentoo-user] union merge for binpkg makers

2009-05-05 Thread Mike Kazantsev
On Tue, 5 May 2009 10:27:52 -0400 Simon turne...@gmail.com wrote: ... Right now, here's the base of the process to get one PC updated (without my unison world): host emerge --sync host emerge -uDN sum(worlds) [builds binpkgs] sync host's portage with PC's portage PC emerge -uDN -k world

Re: [gentoo-user] union merge for binpkg makers

2009-05-05 Thread Simon
Storage space comes pretty cheap these days, so prehaps it's just easier to get dirt-cheap 80G harddisk and build (and keep) all the packages from sum of the worlds on it in a dedicated chroot or VM? Well, i'm keeping all packages currently, and diskspace is cheap for home computers, but not

Re: [gentoo-user] union merge for binpkg makers

2009-05-05 Thread Mike Kazantsev
On Tue, 5 May 2009 16:32:39 -0400 Simon turne...@gmail.com wrote: Storage space comes pretty cheap these days, so prehaps it's just easier to get dirt-cheap 80G harddisk and build (and keep) all the packages from sum of the worlds on it in a dedicated chroot or VM? Well, i'm keeping all