"emerge world -ep > buildfile" edit buildfile and do some search and replaces on each line.
[ebuild R ] sys-libs/gpm-1.20.1-r5 [ebuild R ] sys-libs/ncurses-5.6-r1 becomes emerge =sys-libs/gpm-1.20.1-r5 && \ emerge =sys-libs/ncurses-5.6-r1 && \ and so on Make sure there are no spaces after the \ Run the file using "sh buildfile". If an emereg stops, just edit the file deleting or comment the completed builds and restartinmg it. BillK On Sun, 2007-11-18 at 21:20 -0500, Sean wrote: > On Mon, Nov 19, 2007 at 03:14:47AM +0100, Miernik wrote: > > David Relson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > /var/lib/world has a (partial) list of installed packages. You could > > > do something like: > > > > > > cat /var/lib/world | grep -v /gcc$ | xargs emerge > > > > ??? > > > > przehyba ~ # cat /var/lib/world > > cat: /var/lib/world: No such file or directory > > przehyba ~ # uname -a > > Linux przehyba 2.6.22-gentoo-r9 #1 SMP Fri Nov 9 22:38:35 CET 2007 x86_64 > > AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 4000+ AuthenticAMD GNU/Linux > > przehyba ~ # > > /var/lib/portage/world > -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list