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On Sat, 2018-11-17 at 14:05 +0000, Roy Bamford wrote: |
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> On 2018.11.17 11:21, Michał Górny wrote: |
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> > Hi, |
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> > |
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> > Here's a pre-GLEP draft based on the earlier discussion on gentoo- |
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> > portage-dev mailing list. The specification uses GLEP form as it |
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> > provides for cleanly specifying the motivation and rationale. |
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> > |
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> > [snip glep proposal] |
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> > -- |
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> > Best regards, |
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> > Michał Górny |
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> > |
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> |
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> Team, |
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> One of the attractions of the existing format is that |
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> tar xf /path/to/tarball -C /mnt/gentoo |
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> works to fix things like glibc being removed and other |
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> missing essential portage components. |
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> In effect, each binary package can be treated as a |
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> single package stage3 when a user needs a get out of jail |
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> free card. |
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> Does this proposal allow for installing the payload without |
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> the use of the Gentoo package manager from some random |
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> distro being used as a rescue media? |
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Yes, and it can also be done via one-liner, though it's going to be more |
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complex than before, e.g.: |
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tar -xOf mypackage-1.gpkg.tar mypackage-1/image.tar.lz | |
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tar --lzip -x -C /mnt/gentoo --strip-components 1 |
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Though I wouldn't recommend using it but instead unpacking it normally |
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and inspecting the contents first. |
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-- |
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Best regards, |
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Michał Górny |
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