On Wed, 10 May 2006 00:51:57 -0300 "Daniel da Veiga" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote the words:
> There are alternative ways to update portage that are more suited to > your dial-up connection. > > ########### Extracted from > http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.gentoo.user/153842 > > Download a snapshot (you can find one in any gentoo mirror), and > download the md5sum, move it to $PORTAGE_TMPDIR/emerge-webrsync and > run "emerge-webrsync", it will use those without downloading a new > snapshot. > > Or, you can manually do the sync yourself. Extract the > portage-snapshot into a directory, and then use the following command: > > rsync -av --progress --stats --delete --delete-after \ > --exclude='/distfiles' --exclude='/packages' \ > --exclude='/local' . ${PORTDIR%%/} > > Either define PORTDIR, or replace that with the location of your > portage tree (/usr/portage by default). > > ########### > > Give it a try... > That did it, life is good. Thanks so much. Adrian -- On The Fly Photography -:- Creation From Chaos On The Fly Photography: http://204EastSouth.com Purchase from On The Fly: http://204EastSouth.com/OTFStore.htm The Cynical Libertarian Society: http://www.204EastSouth.com/cls -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
