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On Dec 5, 2011 10:42 AM, "Harry Putnam" <reader@×××××××.com> wrote: |
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> Pandu Poluan <pandu@××××××.info> writes: |
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> > Just before emerging the source, you really should tarball *everything* |
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> > (except /proc, /sys, /var/tmp/*, and /usr/portage/distfiles/*), so you |
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> > just 'pick up where you left it' :-) |
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> That's almost as slow as starting over from scratch... hehe. |
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In my case, I've successfully re-used the "stage3.5" tarball anytime I need |
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to deploy a new Gentoo VM. Saves on download time :-) |
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(I also have gcc upgraded to 4.5.3 and performed the acrobatics necessary |
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to activate gcc's Graphite feature, and upgraded glibc, *before* creating |
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stage3.5, so yes it's a huge timesaver for me) |
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Rgds, |
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