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From: Alan McKinnon <alan.mckinnon@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] eix-sync data comparison
Date: Sat, 11 Jan 2014 20:15:08
Message-Id: 52D1A633.8070502@gmail.com
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] eix-sync data comparison by meino.cramer@gmx.de
1 On 11/01/2014 22:04, meino.cramer@×××.de wrote:
2 > Hi,
3 >
4 > suppose I would do an eix-sync on two different computers of different
5 > platforms -- say AMR and an ordinary PC.
6 >
7 > Are the downloaded data identical?
8
9 the portage tree is identical everywhere
10
11 the overlays that layman uses are identical everywhere, but possibly not
12 identical between your two hosts. I can easily imagine you have
13 different overlays between them, and no guarantee they will always be
14 the same.
15
16 I consider your question to be fragile and possibly quite dangerous.
17 What are you trying to accomplish?
18
19
20 --
21 Alan McKinnon
22 alan.mckinnon@×××××.com

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