Alan McKinnon <alan.mckin...@gmail.com> [14-01-11 21:16]: > On 11/01/2014 22:04, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: > > Hi, > > > > suppose I would do an eix-sync on two different computers of different > > platforms -- say AMR and an ordinary PC. > > > > Are the downloaded data identical? > > the portage tree is identical everywhere > > the overlays that layman uses are identical everywhere, but possibly not > identical between your two hosts. I can easily imagine you have > different overlays between them, and no guarantee they will always be > the same. > > I consider your question to be fragile and possibly quite dangerous. > What are you trying to accomplish? > > > -- > Alan McKinnon > alan.mckin...@gmail.com > > Hi Alan,
thanks for your reply. I want to lower the load on the official gentoo server(s). When the log of an eix-sync process is printed on the console, it is said, that it is *suggested* (hrrm), to only sinc once a day. Since the ARM and the PC both use the same DSL line, both syncs are seen by the gentoo server(s) as it came from the same IP (the one of my ISP). In the worst case, one could be blacklisted...which I dont want to be. Especially with the ARM I need to sync once a day, since I have to limit the amount of software to be recompiled/updated after each sync since the ARM is not *that* fast (for example a kernel compilation take ~8h). Ah, by the way: I quit crosscompilation, distcc and such... Both successfully screwed up my gentoos on the ARM. t regards, mcc
