tor 2008-01-03 klockan 13:16 -0800 skrev BRM: > I have a couple Sparc systems. One has been running Gentoo for a long > time - installed using Gentoo 2006, not updated since due to the issue > I'm about the discuss - and the other is a near identical system that > might get Gentoo 2007 installed. Both are on two separate networks and > have no communication between them. > > The first system does have some Internet access through a firewall, but > it doesn't really work, at least for this purpose; so it's just as good > as not having any access at all for this purpose. > > The second system may or may not have Internet access, so for now let's > just assume it doesn't. It's really this second system that I want to > figure the problem out for. > > In either case, I can't update portage using the normal method of > 'emerge --sync'. So, I'm trying to figure out a solution that would > enable me to update the systems. Under Slackware, I'd just point > pkgtool to the CD media and install from that, just like during > installation. Is there a similar approach for Gentoo? How do I overcome > the source mirror issue too so that the systems don't try to download > stuff from the web? > > I could probably host an rsync server on the local systems to host > portage, but how would I keep it up to date? Would I simply be able to > extract a tarball into the directory rsync is serving up? > > I can get large tarballs or ISOs from other systems to these systems; > but they won't be able to download them themselves. > > I noticed the Manual Download info in the FAQ: > http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/faq.xml#manualdownload > > 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 > > If there isn't a solution, I might look into how to make a solution > (not sure). > > TIA, > > Ben
Hi, Have you tried to use a proxy (adjust accordingly)? export http_proxy=http://proxy.company.com:8080 export ftp_proxy=http://proxy.company.com:8080 export RSYNC_PROXY=proxy.company.com:8080 BR / P-E -- [email protected] mailing list
