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From: Wernfried Haas <amne@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] diff /usr/portage
Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2007 13:47:09
Message-Id: 20071213134355.GA19478@superlupo
In Reply to: [gentoo-dev] diff /usr/portage by smurfd
1 On Thu, Dec 13, 2007 at 02:07:07PM +0100, smurfd wrote:
2 > So im wondering, and i have not really done any research, if this has been
3 > up on discussion before..
4 > but, wouldnt it be a pretty neat thing to do, to make "emerge --sync" do a
5 > diff on your /usr/portage compared to the remote repository.
6 >
7 > Then, just merge the differences.
8
9 That's how it works, based on rsync.
10
11 Further questions and explanations may be better off on the support
12 channels, such as the user-list, #gentoo or the forums, but not here,
13 as this isn't a development issue.
14
15 cheers,
16 Wernfried
17
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