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On Thu, Jan 05, 2006 at 06:39:33PM +0000, James wrote |
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> Hello, |
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> |
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> Some time ago, I copied a world file (/var/lib/portage/world) |
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> from a system with lots of installed software to a 'clone' |
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> system newly installed with gentoo.... |
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> |
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> Now 'emaint --check world' suggests that not all of those packages have |
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> been installed. (Busted). I was not responsible enough to verify |
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> that the clone was 100% similar with the identical ebuilds. |
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> I thought I had found a way to duplicate the installed software, |
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> merely by copying the world file from another system. |
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I don't know if it's generally possible, because there are so many |
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ways to get from-here-to-there. The following is my *ENTIRE* world |
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file. Yes, I'm running Blackbox WM on X. Three guesses on how I |
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managed to do this. |
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[m3000][root][~] cat /var/lib/portage/world |
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media-sound/alsa-utils |
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media-sound/mpg123 |
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sys-fs/reiserfsprogs |
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app-text/xpdf |
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net-misc/urlview |
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sys-kernel/linux-headers |
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sys-boot/lilo |
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media-gfx/gimp |
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app-office/gnumeric |
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app-admin/sudo |
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net-misc/rdate |
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net-analyzer/traceroute |
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x11-misc/fbpanel |
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app-admin/syslog-ng |
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media-video/mplayer |
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media-sound/xmms |
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x11-misc/bbkeys |
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media-gfx/gqview |
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app-office/abiword |
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sys-process/dcron |
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net-dialup/pppconfig |
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net-mail/getmail |
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mail-client/mutt |
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net-nntp/slrn |
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net-misc/whois |
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media-video/realplayer |
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sys-libs/glibc |
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www-client/mozilla-firefox |
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app-editors/nano |
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app-arch/gzip |
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sys-kernel/gentoo-sources |
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app-admin/logrotate |
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sys-devel/gettext |
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net-firewall/iptables |
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app-portage/gentoolkit |
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mail-filter/procmail |
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app-editors/vim |
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app-misc/mc |
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Walter Dnes <waltdnes@××××××××.org> In linux /sbin/init is Job #1 |
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