On Dienstag, 20. Mai 2008, Matt Harrison wrote: > I was just wondering, while watching an emerge --sync, is it possible > (or advisable) to limit what portage syncs? For example, I have a server > here that doesn't use X, kde, gnome, java, and a number of other fairly > large areas of portage. It would be nice if I could speed up syncing by > excluding these categories from the process.
yes it is possible (or was in the past). And if you know what you do it is pretty safe. > > I can understand that some people may provide reasons why this is a bad > idea, and I'm interested in hearing opinions or suggestions. The problem is, most people don't know what they do. You might easily remove a category you THINK you don't need ... -- [email protected] mailing list
