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On Freitag 12 Februar 2010, Alan Mackenzie wrote: |
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> Hi, Gentoo! |
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> As reported in other threads, my new PC had a broken RAM stick in it. |
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> As a result, an unknown proportion of installed binaries are flaky. One |
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> non-functioning binary is probably GCC. |
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> What I'd like to do is reinstall every binary, yet without erasing any |
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> configuration info, whose creation was so arduous. |
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> Where does portage keep it's list of installed packages? |
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/var/db/pkg |
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> What do I have |
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> to do to persuade portage it has _no_ installed packages before doing |
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> 'rm -rf *' in /bin, /sbin, /usr/bin, /usr/sbin? |
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--emtpytree |
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> Has anybody any other tips to offer me for this operation? |
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tar up /etc. |
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