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From: Mike Frysinger <vapier@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] i have an idea ! (erescue)
Date: Mon, 16 May 2005 00:22:47
Message-Id: 200505152022.36883.vapier@gentoo.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] i have an idea ! (erescue) by david stanek
1 On Sunday 15 May 2005 07:41 pm, david stanek wrote:
2 > On Sun, May 15, 2005 at 03:32:40PM -0700, Donnie Berkholz wrote:
3 > > Krzysiek Pawlik wrote:
4 > > > Use `quickpkg` before dangerous updates/merges. If something brakes -
5 > > > untar the package.
6 > >
7 > > Doesn't work too well when tar's broken too. =)
8 >
9 > How about statically linking a version of tar with portage.
10
11 USE=static emerge tar
12
13 also, busybox has tar built into it
14
15 regardless, all these are side roads
16 -mike
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