Gentoo Archives: gentoo-alt

From: Fabian Groffen <grobian@g.o>
To: gentoo-alt@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-alt] Is gentoo-prefix a solution for me?
Date: Tue, 17 Aug 2010 20:13:20
Message-Id: 20100817201211.GF7012@gentoo.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-alt] Is gentoo-prefix a solution for me? by Elmar Hinz
1 On 17-08-2010 21:06:28 +0200, Elmar Hinz wrote:
2 > Either you mirror the current customers server, or you just fetch the
3 > complete environment
4 > from your 5 years old subversion. Best you can do both to compare them.
5 >
6 > I just want to enter the version number et voilá, there is my original
7 > environment, up
8 > and running again.
9
10 I don't want to spoil the fun, but this is practically impossible. Old
11 software doesn't compile any more on recent systems for a magnitude of
12 reasons. Binary versions no longer run for another bunch of reasons.
13 The only thing that really works, is a snapshot of the entire system of
14 a moment in the past.
15
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17 --
18 Fabian Groffen
19 Gentoo on a different level

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Re: [gentoo-alt] Is gentoo-prefix a solution for me? Elmar Hinz <oss.elmar@××××××××××.com>