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Neil Bothwick wrote: |
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> On Mon, 18 Jan 2016 19:39:50 +0100, Raffaele BELARDI wrote: |
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>> Just tested, it works: |
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>> 1. cp -a /var/db/pkg from system A to removable media |
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>> 2. chroot ; emerge-webrsync ; emerge --fetchonly -uDvN world |
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>> 3. cp -a /usr/portage from removable media to system A |
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>> 4. next week, goto 1 |
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> Interesting, that's worthy of an entry in the wiki for anyone else |
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> looking to maintain a Gentoo system without Internet access. I would |
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> suggest that you update portage within the chroot. What you are doing is |
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> lying to portage about what is actually installed, that shouldn't be a |
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> problem most of the time given what you are using it for, but different |
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> versions of portage on the two systems may cause problems at some time in |
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> the future. |
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Good suggestion about portage update. |
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I'll check how to create a wiki entry. |
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raffaele |
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