On Thu, 1 Dec 2005, Robert Larson wrote:
> If I understand you correctly, then this may help:
> # obtain a list of installed packages
> emerge -vep world | grep ^'\[ebuild ' | while read a; do
> # extract the package name
> pkg=$(echo $a | cut -d']' -f2 | awk '{print $1}')
> # build a binary of the package
> quickpkg "/var/db/pkg/${pkg}"
> done
I came up with this (yes, granted it is tied to the file-system layout but
its damn fast!):
find /var/db/pkg -mindepth 2 -maxdepth 2 -print -exec quickpkg {} \;
I set PKGDIR in /etc/make.conf to drop packages under a directory in
/home (our regular backup system dumps /home to another host). Im assuming
I would also need to save my world file somewhere. I haven't scripted all
the pieces together yet.
> As well, it may help to have:
> FEATURES="buildpkg"
> in your make.conf. This way anytime a package is installed it will make a
> binary.
Yep.
> I should also mention that gentoo catalyst may be worth looking into on the
> off chance that it may provide you with a solution. You could build your
> very own stage and boot/rescue disk. Here is a link to the project site:
> http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/releng/catalyst/
I haven't quite got my head around Catalyst - anyone made their own
restores CDs?
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