Thank you, will try that on monday and see how it goes... On 10/1/05, Raphael Melo de Oliveira Bastos Sales <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Answer to 1: > Yes, if you download a portage-<timestamp>.tar.bz2 file and uncompress > it on /usr/portage, it has the same effect as emerge --sync. Actually, > to be more precise, the same effect as emerge-webrsync. Unforunately, > this consumes more bandwidth, since it downloads ebuilds you don't > need to update as well. But, in a proxy enviroment that doesn't allow > rsync, it is the only choice you have. > > Answer to 2: > Portage doesn't really care how you download the source packages, as > long as they have the same md5sum. So, if you download them separetely > and move them to /usr/portage/distfiles, you should be fine. > Answer to 3: > See 1 and 2. :) > > 2005/9/30, Daniel da Veiga <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > Greetings, > > > > I just managed to install (network less Universal CD install) Gentoo > > on my Pentium 100 with 48MB of RAM (yeah, it was hard, but I got the > > fastest system this poor hardware ever had), its working fine with > > minimal on everything, but as I have limited network access (proxy), I > > can't update, neither the usual emerge --sync nor emerge-webrsync > > works, the RSYNC is blocked for sure, and I suppose webrsync is trying > > to download something (all downloads are filtered, except for some > > extensions, but tar.bz2 and tar.gz are filtered). > > > > I scheduled the download of the last portage tree (snapshot) and MySQL > > and Apache latest versions and its dependencies, but I'm pretty sure I > > won't be able to install them, because when calculating dependencies, > > emerge fails (too old for the latest versions, and they're masked). > > > > So, I ask: > > > > 1) If I get the latest snapshot, will it be like an "emerge --sync"? > > 2) If I download all packages and dependencies, will I be able to > > install the masked version after pretending the "sync" with the > > snapshot? > > 3) Has anyone tried this? > > > > If I manage to install it, I'll get like 4 new servers using > > replication with hardware that would be trash nowadays (that's good > > for business). > > > > Thanks for all answers, > > > > -- > > Daniel da Veiga > > Computer Operator - RS - Brazil > > -----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK----- > > Version: 3.1 > > GCM/IT/P/O d-? s:- a? C++$ UBLA++ P+ L++ E--- W+++$ N o+ K- w O M- V- > > PS PE Y PGP- t+ 5 X+++ R+* tv b+ DI+++ D+ G+ e h+ r+ y++ > > ------END GEEK CODE BLOCK------ > > > > -- > > [email protected] mailing list > > > > > > -- > [email protected] mailing list > >
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