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On Mon, 12 Jun 2006 14:06:01 -0700 |
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"Robin H. Johnson" <robbat2@g.o> wrote: |
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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 |
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> > > 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 |
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> > can be 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/ |
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> and /var/lib/portage/ |
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Don't forget the most important thing: /var/db/pkg. Other things worth |
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saving are /var/log/emerge.log (serveral tools use this) and of course |
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any portage related files in /etc. |
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Marius |
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