--- Iain Buchanan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, 2008-01-03 at 13:16 -0800, BRM wrote: > [snip] > > However, that is not a solution I can use as I might not be the > long > > term maintainer, and I'd like an easier solution as it requires a > lot > > of work to download stuff. I'd like a solution similar to the > > following: > > # tar xvjf /portage-sources-<data>.tar.bz2 -C /my-portage-sources > > # tar xvjf /portage-<date>.tar.bz2 -C /my-portage > > # emerge --sync --portage-source /my-portage > > # emerge world -vuD --sources /my-portage-sources > This has come up before, so I know some people here have a bit of > experience with doing it. Essentially it's possible. I think the > steps > required are: > > - download a portage snapshot as you would in an initial install, or > create your own from another gentoo machine (more info here: > http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-x86.xml?part=1&chap=5#installing_portage) > - you may need to run `emerge --metadata` after unpacking it, or > something like that - someone else can comment here :) > - then follow your manual download instructions: `emerge -ufpDN > world` > and download all these packages on another box > - transfer the packages to /usr/portage/distfiles, and check you got > them all with `emerge -ufDN world`. You should have no fetch errors. > - then go! `emerge -uvaDN world` > > Notes: > - when creating your own snapshot, > exclude /usr/portage/distfiles, /usr/portage/packages, (and others?) > - I would recommend -N as you might see some new features since you > haven't updated in a while > > Hopefully someone will fix any holes I left, otherwise this should > work!
Thanks. I'll have to see about giving it a try; not sure how well it'll work on the one system; and I'll have to run it past my other admins for the other system. Any how... Thanks. Ben -- [email protected] mailing list
