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From: Alan McKinnon <alan.mckinnon@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Creating binary packages before updating them
Date: Mon, 29 Jul 2013 19:57:11
Message-Id: 51F6C874.1070408@gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Creating binary packages before updating them by Neil Bothwick
1 On 29/07/2013 21:46, Neil Bothwick wrote:
2 > On Mon, 29 Jul 2013 15:21:59 +0100, Peter Humphrey wrote:
3 >
4 >>> Add FEATURES="buildpkg" to make.conf...
5 >>
6 >> That way you'll gradually build up a /usr/portage/packages directory
7 >> with a package for everything installed. Or if you don't want to wait
8 >> months for that:
9 >>
10 >> # emerge -eB world
11 >
12 > It isn't necessary to recompile everything just to build packages of
13 > them, quickpkg will do that.
14 >
15 >
16
17
18 Just make sure that quickpkg does what you want with config files...
19
20 been there, done that, made the mistakes :-)
21
22 --
23 Alan McKinnon
24 alan.mckinnon@×××××.com

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Re: [gentoo-user] Creating binary packages before updating them Volker Armin Hemmann <volkerarmin@××××××××××.com>