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On Dienstag, 20. Mai 2008, Matt Harrison wrote: |
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> I was just wondering, while watching an emerge --sync, is it possible |
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> (or advisable) to limit what portage syncs? For example, I have a server |
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> here that doesn't use X, kde, gnome, java, and a number of other fairly |
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> large areas of portage. It would be nice if I could speed up syncing by |
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> excluding these categories from the process. |
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yes it is possible (or was in the past). And if you know what you do it is |
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pretty safe. |
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> I can understand that some people may provide reasons why this is a bad |
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> idea, and I'm interested in hearing opinions or suggestions. |
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The problem is, most people don't know what they do. You might easily remove a |
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category you THINK you don't need ... |
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