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On Thu, 23 Jul 2009 08:54:19 +0200 (CEST), Helmut Jarausch wrote: |
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> Is it possible to clone this running Gentoo system, essentially |
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> overwrite |
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> /var/lib/portage/world |
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> with the larger version of the old hardware except some 64bit related |
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> packages and then run |
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> emerge --keep-going -j4 -1 --ask --update --newuse --deep @system @world |
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> on the new machine. |
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> Or are the any snags? |
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Only one, portage will barf when you have a world file containing |
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uninstalled packages. Copy the world file from the other machine |
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somewhere other than /var/lib/portage and run |
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emerge -n $(cat /path/to/otherworld) |
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Neil Bothwick |
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Those are my principles. If you don't like them I have others. |
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