Re: [gentoo-user] Emerge building a binary from installed package

[Dale]

Volker Armin Hemmann wrote:
> On Samstag 22 Mai 2010, Dale wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I think there is a way to do this but it's not sticking out at me on the
>> emerge man page.  I'm doing a install and want to build a binary package
>> from my running system and install it on the new install.  Basically, I
>> don't want to recompile, I just want emerge to copy the correct files
>> and make a tarball for me.
>>
>> I found the buildpkg option but that seems to compile it first then make
>> a tarball.  Can I get it to skip the compile part?  Is that a option
>> that portage has?
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
>> Dale
>>
>> :-)  :-)
>>
> quickpkg.
>
> Which has been mentioned hundreds of times on this list alone.
>
>

That's not portage but it will work just fine and is what I am looking 
for.  I just need to read the right man page next time.  ;-)

Thanks much.

Dale

:-)  :-)