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> I'm keeping a series of full system backups. However i'd like to remove |
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> anything portage related *that could be replaced by just an emerge |
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> sync*. can I just remove /usr/portage/* in these older backups? |
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If you're inferring that you have a safe and workable method to purge just |
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that path from a prior backup(s) and you're sure that not being able to |
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recover a portage tree from a backup is ging to be fine in any recover |
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scenario then yes, in principle you can. |
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The two aspects that you /may/ wish to preserve would be: |
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* Your distfiles (/usr/portage/distfiles/*) |
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* Your binary packages, if any (/usr/portage/packages/All/*) |
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On a slightly different note, and concerning distfiles, there is an |
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excellent script which removes all files in distfiles that would _not_ be |
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required for a rebuild of any package that you currently have installed. |
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You can get it here: |
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http://evvl.rustedhalo.net/software/gentoo/ |
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Don't be led astray by the one at http://www.stacken.kth.se/~foo/gentoo/ |
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as Eric's script is the better one ;) |
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Regards, |
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--Kerin Francis Millar |
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