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From: Matt Thrailkill <xwred1@×××××××××.net>
To: gentoo-dev@g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] --usepkg in emerge
Date: Wed, 30 Jul 2003 23:26:00
Message-Id: 20030730162524.665591bb.xwred1@xwredwing.net
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] --usepkg in emerge by Marius Mauch
1 This would be a handy option to have. I've got a side project going where I'm trying to maintain my own separate Portage trees, and eventually I'd like to build binaries for everything in them and have my boxes install those optionally rather than compiling.
2
3 On Thu, 31 Jul 2003 00:25:28 +0200
4 Marius Mauch <genone@×××××××××××××.net> wrote:
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6 > On 07/30/03 fredrik danerklint wrote:
7 >
8 > > Hi!
9 > >
10 > > Is it possible, that when you are using --usepkg with emerge, could
11 > > get emerge to download the binarie file from a server, just like it
12 > > would if you're gonna compile the source code?
13 > >
14 > > And could I set this feature in the variable "feature"? I didn't see
15 > > that it was possible.
16 > >
17 > > What I'm trying to say, is that some kind of option in /etc/make.conf
18 > > you could use, just like the variable "gentoo_mirrors" but instead
19 > > have it to download the binarie file from a list of server, if the
20 > > file is availible.
21 > >
22 > > If the variable was called "gentoo_binaries" it would look like this:
23 > > GENTOO_BINARIES="http://ftp.fredan.org/gentoo/binaries/amd-athlonxp"
24 > > to get the binaries files optimized for amd athlon xp processor.
25 >
26 > The 2.0.49 portage versions have some support for this, but it is still
27 > experimental if I got it right and not documented yet. The new -g and -G
28 > options are for this.
29 >
30 > Marius
31 >
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Re: [gentoo-dev] --usepkg in emerge Chris Gianelloni <wolf31o2@g.o>