Re: [gentoo-user] /usr/portage/packages/Packages - what for?
On Tuesday 15 September 2009 15:04:23 Fabrice Delliaux wrote: > On Tue, 15 Sep 2009 15:21:50 +0200 Frank Steinmetzger wrote: > > Here it stores alotta info about the binary packages - for instance > > with what useflags they were compiled. This info is not in the > > archives, which only contain the files. > > No, informations about environment are included in tbz2 packages. > You can read man xpak for explanations. > > IMHO, the /usr/portage/packages/Packages file is an index for the > package manager to avoid wasting time to open, parse and close each > tbz2 file. And it's fetched by machines using a BINHOST, as obviously over HTTP it's not practical to fetch the packages themselves to get the environment info. -- Mike Williams
Re: [gentoo-user] /usr/portage/packages/Packages - what for?
On 15 Sep, Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Tue, 15 Sep 2009 15:19:01 +0200 (CEST), Helmut Jarausch wrote: > >> I have the impression that when rsync'ing /usr/portage/packages from >> another machine (BINSERVER), >> emerge --update --newuse --deep --buildpkg @system @world >> doesn't update packages which are upto-date on BINSERVER >> but not upto-date on the local machine. > > Does "emaint --fix binhost" help? > Many thanks, that looks great. I'll test it next time. Helmut. -- Helmut Jarausch Lehrstuhl fuer Numerische Mathematik RWTH - Aachen University D 52056 Aachen, Germany
Re: [gentoo-user] /usr/portage/packages/Packages - what for?
On Tue, 15 Sep 2009 15:19:01 +0200 (CEST), Helmut Jarausch wrote: > I have the impression that when rsync'ing /usr/portage/packages from > another machine (BINSERVER), > emerge --update --newuse --deep --buildpkg @system @world > doesn't update packages which are upto-date on BINSERVER > but not upto-date on the local machine. Does "emaint --fix binhost" help? -- Neil Bothwick One person's error is another person's data. signature.asc Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] /usr/portage/packages/Packages - what for?
On Tue, 15 Sep 2009 15:21:50 +0200 Frank Steinmetzger wrote: > Here it stores alotta info about the binary packages - for instance > with what useflags they were compiled. This info is not in the > archives, which only contain the files. No, informations about environment are included in tbz2 packages. You can read man xpak for explanations. IMHO, the /usr/portage/packages/Packages file is an index for the package manager to avoid wasting time to open, parse and close each tbz2 file.
Re: [gentoo-user] /usr/portage/packages/Packages - what for?
Am Dienstag, 15. September 2009 schrieb Helmut Jarausch: > Hi, > > I have the impression that when rsync'ing /usr/portage/packages from > another machine (BINSERVER), > emerge --update --newuse --deep --buildpkg @system @world > doesn't update packages which are upto-date on BINSERVER > but not upto-date on the local machine. > > What's the role of the file > /usr/portage/packages/Packages Here it stores alotta info about the binary packages - for instance with what useflags they were compiled. This info is not in the archives, which only contain the files. -- Gruß | Greetings | Qapla' I guess irony can be pretty ironic sometimes. signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.
[gentoo-user] /usr/portage/packages/Packages - what for?
Hi, I have the impression that when rsync'ing /usr/portage/packages from another machine (BINSERVER), emerge --update --newuse --deep --buildpkg @system @world doesn't update packages which are upto-date on BINSERVER but not upto-date on the local machine. What's the role of the file /usr/portage/packages/Packages Many thanks for a hint, Helmut. -- Helmut Jarausch Lehrstuhl fuer Numerische Mathematik RWTH - Aachen University D 52056 Aachen, Germany
