Re: [gentoo-user] fix a system suddenly un-networked and needing dhcpcd
You can put the file in /usr/portage/distfiles, or set its location as the distfiles directory.On 5/3/05, michael higgins [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hey, all. I've just moved my work location for a couple of weeks while I house-sit for a relation. At _my_ home, I configure my IP addy and all manually, while sitting behind a router. Here, it seemed like I needed dhcpcd to make my connections, either directy via the cable modem or by 'internet connection sharing' with the XP that sits here. So, here I was, Gentoo box on a network, but dhcpcd not installed so no internet connection. My question is, what would be the 'gentoo' way to fix this problem? I wound up d/l and burning the universal install CD, unpacking the portage and distfiles to /opt/tempport and editing make.conf to use this new folder for portage. That's a lot of bandwidth and media for a very small file needed, no? After I emerged dhcpcd and got connected, I undid the edits. Emerge -uDv system, world, and all seems good. But isn't there a way to tell emerge, hey, I just d/l this file. Install it from here... Like, giving the tarball located on a floppy or something? -- |\/| | |~ ~ | \/ | |---|`|` ? ||ichael | |iggins\^ / michael[dot]higgins[at]snet[dot]net -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] fix a system suddenly un-networked and needing dhcpcd
On Tue, 3 May 2005 10:31:18 -0400, michael higgins wrote: But isn't there a way to tell emerge, hey, I just d/l this file. Install it from here... Like, giving the tarball located on a floppy or something? Download the file and copy it to $DISTDIR - /usr/portage/distfiles by default. -- Neil Bothwick Oxymoron: Reagan memoirs. pgp5tq9FluPIw.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] fix a system suddenly un-networked and needing dhcpcd
michael higgins wrote: Hey, all. I've just moved my work location for a couple of weeks while I house-sit for a relation. At _my_ home, I configure my IP addy and all manually, while sitting behind a router. Here, it seemed like I needed dhcpcd to make my connections, either directy via the cable modem or by 'internet connection sharing' with the XP that sits here. So, here I was, Gentoo box on a network, but dhcpcd not installed so no internet connection. My question is, what would be the 'gentoo' way to fix this problem? I wound up d/l and burning the universal install CD, unpacking the portage and distfiles to /opt/tempport and editing make.conf to use this new folder for portage. That's a lot of bandwidth and media for a very small file needed, no? After I emerged dhcpcd and got connected, I undid the edits. Emerge -uDv system, world, and all seems good. But isn't there a way to tell emerge, hey, I just d/l this file. Install it from here... Like, giving the tarball located on a floppy or something? Do 'emerge -vfp dhcpcd', it will tell you which file to download. Download it elsewhere, bring it on a floppy/cd/write down 1s and 0s, and copy that file over to /usr/portage/distfiles. Done. People over a dial-up connection do this regularly for large files... -- [Name ] :: [Matan I. Peled] [Location ] :: [Israel] [Public Key] :: [0xD6F42CA5] [Keyserver ] :: [keyserver.kjsl.com] encrypted/signed plain text preferred signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature
