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Hi, |
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I've been thinking about Gentoo Linux for some time. I first installed |
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it a year ago, and I really liked it |
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(http://www.manuzhai.nl/weblog/related.keyword/gentoo-linux/). Since |
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then, I've installed it on my server and am in the process of getting a |
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workable desktop-installation on my workstation. I wonder about this, |
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though: do I really need the Portage tree. |
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I emerge sync my server about daily and my desktop somewhat irregular, |
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and I wonder: why do I have to do this. It seems (and I might be wrong |
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on this one) that I really only need package names, version numbers and |
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dependencies. These could easily be listed in a XML file (per category, |
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for example), which means I'd just have to download a few XML files |
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every time instead of having to rsync. I think the bandwidth use may be |
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equivalent, but mirroring would be a lot simpler and less CPU-intensive |
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if you just need to have a couple of XML files and a httpd. |
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So rephrasing my question: why do I have to download all these ebuilds |
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for software I never use? Just seems silly. |
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Regards, |
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Manuzhai |
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