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From: Brian Kroth <bpkroth@××××.edu>
To: Tomasz Lutelmowski <tomek@×××××.pl>
Cc: gentoo-server@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-server] trim down portage directory
Date: Tue, 08 Apr 2008 13:43:55
Message-Id: 20080408134347.GF14024@wisc.edu
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-server] trim down portage directory by Tomasz Lutelmowski
1 Tomasz Lutelmowski <tomek@×××××.pl> 2008-04-08 15:07:
2 > On Tue, 08 Apr 2008 06:51:48 -0500, Andrew Gaffney wrote
3 > > Tomasz Lutelmowski wrote:
4 > > >
5 > > > Hello,
6 > > >
7 > > > Here is one-liner which can be helpful if you want to trim down your gentoo
8 > > > installation, particulary /usr/portage directory and/or lower emerge
9 > > > --sync times / save bandwidth (requires app-portage/portage-utils):
10 > > >
11 > > > (echo -e "+ profiles**\n+ eclass**\n+ metadata*\n+ metadata/cache*\n+
12 > > > metadata/dtd**\n+ metadata/glsa**\n+ metadata/news**\n+ scripts**"; for
13 > > > f in `qlist -IC | cut -f1 -d'/' | sort | uniq | sort`; do echo "+ $f**";
14 > > > echo "+ metadata/cache/$f**"; done; echo "- */") >
15 > > > /etc/portage/rsync_excludes
16 > > >
17 > > > you need also to add this line to make.conf
18 > > >
19 > > > PORTAGE_RSYNC_EXTRA_OPTS="--exclude-from=/etc/portage/rsync_excludes"
20 > >
21 > > This is a bit short-sighted. Using this doesn't allow you to install
22 > > any additional packages (unless the package and its dependencies
23 > > happen to be in the category of a package you already have installed)
24 > > and will break dep resolution when the dependencies change for any
25 > > packages that you currently have installed.
26
27 I agree. Why not just use an NFS mounted PORTDIR?

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