Re: [gentoo-alt] how to move gentoo prefix to another place without fresh installation?

[X dej]

Substitution to make in my previous post: s/off-line/on the fly/
s/would only break/would not break much/
s/) will/), which will/

[sorry I hit the "send" button too fast]

2014-08-17 20:27 UTC+02:00, X dej <dreplaceelettereejbyeletterea@×××××.com>:
> If the string "Developer/Gentoo" had the same length than your string
> "Gentoo", then a binary substitution in an archive of your installed
> Gentoo Prefix would only break.
>
> If the string "Developer/Gentoo" had been shorter than your string
> "Gentoo", you could have spared compilation of some packages using
> quickpkg: emerge will call function chpath_inplace (of
> $EPREFIX/usr/lib/portage/bin/chpathtool.py) will make the substitution
> off-line [igli I talked you about that, now you get the function
> name].
>
> But as it is longer, there is nothing that can be done short of using
> a symlink with shorter path and relying on suggestions I made above.
>
> X dej
>
> 2014-08-17 16:38 UTC+02:00, 军其 胡 <junqihu@××.com>:
>>
>> Hi, all.
>>
>> I have installed Gentoo Prefix at default place, i.e. ~/Gentoo on Mac OS
>> 10.9. Now I want to move all files that belong to Gentoo Prefix to
>> another
>> place, e.g. ~/Developer/Gentoo. What Can I do without fresh installation
>> of
>> Gentoo Prefix?
>>
>> Another Question is how to change CHOST of Gentoo Prefix? It is raised
>> from
>> my upgrading Mac OS X to Yosemite. I have found that CHOST should be
>> x86_64-macosx-darwin14 on Yosemite. Of course, there is no profile
>> corresponding to Mac OS 10.10 in the present Gentoo Portage Prefix. Does
>> it
>> mean that Gentoo Prefix should be bootstrapped once again on Yosemite?
>>
>> ---
>> Best regards,
>>
>> Junqi Hu
>> junqihu@××.com
>>
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