James wrote:
Hello,
Some time ago, I copied a world file (/var/lib/portage/world)
from a system with lots of installed software to a 'clone'
system newly installed with gentoo....
Now 'emaint --check world' suggests that not all of those packages have
been installed. (Busted). I was not responsible enough to verify
that the clone was 100% similar with the identical ebuilds.
I thought I had found a way to duplicate the installed software,
merely by copying the world file from another system.
Any better ideas on how to duplicate gentoo systems,
with the installed list of ebuilds matching?
thoughts and ideas?
James
No guru but I would think a emerge -e world would make it install the
same packages. You would have to make sure your USE line is the same in
make.conf. I did this on my main rig a while back. It worked for me but
I copied world and make.conf over.
Dale
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