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On 11/02/2010 12:08 PM, Daniel Pielmeier wrote: |
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> 2010/11/2 Gary Golden <mail@××××××××××.me>: |
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>> Hi, list. |
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>> I keep changes of my /etc with git and I would like to include |
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>> /var/lib/portage/world file into the repository. |
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>> Can I safely do: |
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>> mv /var/lib/portage/world /etc/portage |
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>> ln -s /etc/portage /var/lib/portage/world |
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>> Will portage update handle it properly? |
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>> Using hardlinks seems to be more cleaner way, but for some reason I |
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>> don't want to use it for this task. |
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> It should work. Just try it out, but make a copy of your world file |
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> before. Should be easy to switch back if anything fails. |
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> Afaik, the creation of the symbolic link should look like this: |
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> ln -s /etc/portage/world /var/lib/portage/world |
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Thanks for the correction, you're right, of course. |
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Nevertheless, I've considered that using hardlinks is most porper way to |
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solve this task. It basically do what I need, make another reference to |
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the file under needed directory; without introducing compexity. |
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Gary Golden |
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