On Tuesday 04 November 2008 13:13, Alon Bar-Lev wrote: > Thank you for quick response! > > If I understand correctly it means that I have two copies of root file > system, one of my workstation and the other the target of the build. > Am I right?
In principle, yes. Once you have installed the system on your workstation, you can delete the build and you can still manage your system via the Emerge-Pkg script. In order to do so all you need is a t2-tree within the system on your workstation. (I think, there is an option that includes the matching t2-tree as a package into your build such that it is installed into the target system.) I usually prefer to keep the original build. In case I want to update the system I do it within the original build. I can then test the results first before I apply the changes onto my workstation. (On can simply chroot into the result of the build.) Moreover, I allways have the config updated. This way the next time when I a do a build from scratch I already have an up to date config. > > Also I don't quite understand where the metadata of installed files > resides, does the package manager know which files to remove? The metadata is stored under /var/adm in the rootfs of both systems, the build-target and the image generated from the build-target (actually the system in the image is a clone of the target of the build). > Thanks! > Alon. > > On 11/4/08, Lars Kuhtz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi Alon, > > > > indeed, you can manage a standalone desktop machine. Usually you start > > with a target-build (e.g. the desktop target) that bootstraps a new > > system. Once you have installed that system (via some kind of output > > image or directly via cp, mv, etc.) you can either use the Emerge-Pkg > > script to build packages directly into the running system or you can > > incrementally modify the original build and synchronize (via binary > > packages, rsync, etc) with the running system. > > > > Regards, > > Lars > > > > On Tuesday 04 November 2008 12:12, Alon Bar-Lev wrote: > > > Hello, > > > > > > I am Gentoo user and former developer (crypto & mobile herds). > > > > > > I got a reference to your project recently, I was amazed that I did > > > not knew it earlier... > > > > > > It looks a great piece of work! > > > > > > I read the documentation and the FAQ, and did not quite understood one > > > major fact, I will appreciate if some one can help. > > > > > > Can the package management manage (Install, remove, update) packages > > > on root filesystem? > > > > > > I read that the package management can create various output images > > > and it is great for some of my embedded scenarios... But can it be > > > used to manage standalone desktop machine? > > > > > > If there is documentation for this please refer me. > > > > > > Thanks, > > > Alon Bar-Lev. > > > > > > ----------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > > If you wish to unsubscribe from this mailing, send mail to > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of: unsubscribe t2 > > > > ----------------------------------------------------------- > > If you wish to unsubscribe from this mailing, send mail to > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of: unsubscribe t2 ----------------------------------------------------------- If you wish to unsubscribe from this mailing, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of: unsubscribe t2
