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On Mon, Jun 12, 2006 at 03:41:56PM -0500, Mike Doty wrote: |
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> Molle Bestefich wrote: |
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> > Hi |
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> > Portage takes up a lot of space and time when doing server backups. |
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> > How much of Portage needs to be backup up? |
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> > Any large parts of the tree that I can just dump? |
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> > Thanks! |
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> > CC appreciated :). |
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> anything in /usr/portage can be regenerated by syncing. /var/tmp can be |
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> dumped too. |
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> That should be most of the space portage takes |
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You should also be able to ditch /var/cache/edb/dep/ safely. |
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Do make sure you back up the base /var/cache/edb/ and /var/lib/portage/ |
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Robin Hugh Johnson |
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E-Mail : robbat2@g.o |
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