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On 09/16/2015 06:13 AM, Joakim Tjernlund wrote: |
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> 1) |
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> Is there a way to generate a snapshot of an installed portage VDB and then later |
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> compare that snapshot against the current VDB and generate a list of |
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> added/updated packages? |
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This command will generate a flat file that is useful for comparisons |
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with diff -u: |
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qlist -IvCURS | LC_ALL=C sort |
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> 2) |
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> Currently we generate a tar file with binary pkgs containing all updated pkgs, |
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> unpack the tar file and emerge the binary pkgs with emerge --usepkgonly ... |
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> into a new ROOT. This works but that misses any updates to the profile(both gentoo and our own). |
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> To fix that we include a copy of both profiles in the tar file and copy our |
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> updated profiles into the new ROOT profiles before merging. This feels a bit |
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> clumsy and I wonder if there is a better way? |
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> Jocke |
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Like Duncan said, I feel like we're missing some context here. I wonder |
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why you use binary packages instead of a full system image, considering |
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that it's a "new ROOT." |
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Thanks, |
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Zac |
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