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From: Tanstaafl <tanstaafl@×××××××××××.org>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Creating binary packages before updating them
Date: Mon, 29 Jul 2013 11:27:53
Message-Id: 51F6519B.1020507@libertytrek.org
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] Creating binary packages before updating them by Nikos Chantziaras
1 On 2013-07-29 7:18 AM, Nikos Chantziaras <realnc@×××××.com> wrote:
2 > Normally, when I'm about to update an important package, I back it up
3 > first using quickpkg. I'm often in a situation though where many
4 > important packages are being updated in a world update. Normally, I
5 > have to manually quickpkg every one of them.
6 >
7 > Is there a way to tell emerge to do this on its own? That is, create
8 > binary packages of every package that it is replacing?
9
10 Add FEATURES="buildpkg" to make.conf...

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[gentoo-user] Re: Creating binary packages before updating them Nikos Chantziaras <realnc@×××××.com>
Re: [gentoo-user] Creating binary packages before updating them Peter Humphrey <peter@××××××××××××××.org>