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On Thursday 18 April 2002 21:35, Terje Kvernes wrote: |
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> "Todd Wright" <wylie@××××××××××.org> writes: |
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> [ ... ] |
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> > "*Portage allows you to set up Gentoo Linux the way you like it*..." |
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> > |
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> > It doesnt. Just when I get it how I like it, it changes. |
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> cheap shot, nobody forces you to do an --update world. still, some |
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> extra measures are needed, and I for one will try to see how it can |
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> be done. :) |
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Why not create a new profile, call it gentoo-stable-1.0 or whatever, and fix |
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the packages that are part of it. At the moment a security update is needed |
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(or a critical bug gets fixed), the packages involved can be bumped in the |
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profile. It is possible with the current architecture, it only needs some |
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extra files in cvs, and an explanation on the website. |
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Paul |
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ps. |
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In case you have a network of gentoo machines, you can also make your own |
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personalised profile (and mount /usr/portage/profiles in over nfs or similar) |
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pps. |
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If you run a webserver locally and have a lot of gentoo machines, it is very |
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useful to serve the /usr/portage/distfiles dir on the webserver, and to name |
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this dir as first mirror in your make.conf. This way emerge will first try to |
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download something locally, when that failes it will try the normal mirrors. |
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Paul de Vrieze |
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Junior Researcher |
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Mail: pauldv@××××××.nl |
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Homepage: http://www.devrieze.net |
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