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From: Maxim Kammerer <mk@×××.su>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Using emerge-webrsync to simplify the handbook
Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2012 14:18:30
Message-Id: CAHsXYDDC=wNqexvo3ari4jWqji7q39Ujz624-ZEAcnqqEDAVgA@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: [gentoo-dev] Using emerge-webrsync to simplify the handbook by Richard Yao
1 On Wed, Nov 28, 2012 at 3:54 PM, Richard Yao <ryao@g.o> wrote:
2 > We could slightly simplify the handbook installation procedure if we
3 > told people to use emerge-webrsync to fetch the initial snapshot.
4
5 Using emerge-webrsync also makes the installation process more robust,
6 since it only requires HTTP access (whereas many firewalls restrict
7 RSYNC). Besides, emerge-webrsync can check PGP signatures, so I think
8 that it should be the primary recommended portage tree synchronization
9 method.
10
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12 Maxim Kammerer
13 Liberté Linux: http://dee.su/liberte

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