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Joby Walker wrote: |
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> Actually there is a better way now. The most recent couple versions of |
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> portage support -g/-G which allows portage to grab binaries of an |
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> http/ftp server. All that is needed is to set the "PORTAGE_BINHOST" |
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> variable in /etc/make.conf. I have been using this for a month or so |
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> now and it is much more reliable than an emerge -k over NFS. |
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Indeed. I just heard about this myself. I'm all about easier. Easier is |
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good. Thanks for the heads up... |
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(This is how binaries will probably work as it seems the most logical |
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and just about anything is better than requiring NFS, in my opinion.) |
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Eric Sammer |
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eric@××××××××××××.com |
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http://www.ineoconcepts.com |
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