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On Tue, 2007-05-22 at 13:06 +0900, burlingk@×××××××××.mil wrote: |
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> Ok, Here goes... |
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> How large is the package archive for gentoo, assuming a full copy of |
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> the portage tree, and all of the source tarballs in the distfiles |
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> directory of the average server? |
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all of the distfiles? about 7 or 8 Gb I seem to recall reading on the |
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handbook... |
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> Would it be possible to draw down the whole archive all in one shot |
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> using wget or similar, dump it all into a directory on the hard drive, |
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> and direct portage there for the distribution files? |
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yes, of course, but what for? If you just want an "offline" |
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installation, you can use -f to emerge which will download (fetch) only. |
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or if you want to download on one machine, and transfer the files via |
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disk or something to another machine, use -fp to get the list of files |
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to download. |
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of course, neither of these methods cover the fact that you might not |
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know exactly everything you want to install... |
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HTH, |
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Iain Buchanan <iaindb at netspace dot net dot au> |
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His honour rooted in dishonour stood, |
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And faith unfaithful kept him falsely true. |
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-Alfred Lord Tennyson |
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