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On Thursday 01 April 2004 14:19, Manuzhai wrote: |
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> Hi, |
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> I've been thinking about Gentoo Linux for some time. I first installed |
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> it a year ago, and I really liked it |
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> (http://www.manuzhai.nl/weblog/related.keyword/gentoo-linux/). Since |
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> then, I've installed it on my server and am in the process of getting |
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> a workable desktop-installation on my workstation. I wonder about |
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> this, though: do I really need the Portage tree. |
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> I emerge sync my server about daily and my desktop somewhat irregular, |
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> and I wonder: why do I have to do this. It seems (and I might be wrong |
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> on this one) that I really only need package names, version numbers |
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> and dependencies. These could easily be listed in a XML file (per |
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> category, for example), which means I'd just have to download a few |
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> XML files every time instead of having to rsync. I think the bandwidth |
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> use may be equivalent, but mirroring would be a lot simpler and less |
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> CPU-intensive if you just need to have a couple of XML files and a |
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> httpd. |
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> So rephrasing my question: why do I have to download all these ebuilds |
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> for software I never use? Just seems silly. |
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Basically because having such a scheme complicates things. It would |
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change portage significantly, but it would be doable. |
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In the meantime however please note that it is possible to exclude |
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certain categories from the rsync (like games). That would be able to |
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safe some space/time. |
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Paul |
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Paul de Vrieze |
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Gentoo Developer |
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Mail: pauldv@g.o |
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Homepage: http://www.devrieze.net |
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