Re: [gentoo-alt] copy prefix to new directory / machine

Christopher Friedt <chrisfriedt@×××××.com> writes:

> Here's a thought.
>
> In the install hook in portage, maybe a good idea would be to record
> all files that were affected by running chpathtool. Somewhere in
> /var/db?
>
> In the "clean" hook (of emerge -C) or the "update" hook (for when
> re-emerging a package), delete or re-record all files affected by
> chpathtool?
>
> That would make it at least a bit easier to run chpathtool globally
> when copying the entire prefix.

It's easier to scan all the files at once and globally.

Changing EPREFIX is a rare case anyway. At least I myself don't have the
motivation to develop such a tracking mechanism.

Not all things can be fixed with chpathtool, like the config files,
profiles, scripts. It is necessary to do "emerge -e @world" sooner or
later.