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On 01/30/2010 10:11 AM, Duncan wrote: |
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> Thanks. I knew the PORTAGE_BINHOST and --config-root bits, but hadn't |
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> thought about the tree not being needed, save for the profiles. I |
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> recently setup a netbook based on a Gentoo image compiled elsewhere, and |
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> while it's now functional, I'm still tweaking stuff, including the portage |
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> arrangement. That I don't need the entire gentoo tree for emerging |
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> binpkgs is thus quite interesting new information at this point. =:^) |
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> Does that happen to be documented anywhere? I'd not seen it before. |
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No, not really. The binhost support was updated in portage-2.1.6, |
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with support for the $PKGDIR/Packages file. Since then it's a lot |
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more appealing. |
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Thanks, |
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Zac |