Gentoo Archives: gentoo-user

From: Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Mythtv problems
Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2011 22:46:32
Message-Id: 20111026234414.1c34ab90@zaphod.digimed.co.uk
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Mythtv problems by Michael Sullivan
1 On Wed, 26 Oct 2011 15:08:20 -0500, Michael Sullivan wrote:
2
3 > > It's too late for this problem, but I'd recommend installing dmerge.
4 > > It takes a snapshot of what is installed after each emerge --sync,
5 > > and lets you roll back to a previous time (assuming the ebuilds are
6 > > still in the tree).
7
8 > Is it a problem that I share my /usr/portage directory from another
9 > machine through NFS?
10
11 I can't see that it will make a difference, except you'd need to run the
12 dmerge command manually, or via cron, instead of having portage run it
13 post-sync.
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17 Neil Bothwick
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19 "A computer is like an Old Testament god, with a lot of rules and no
20 mercy." -- Joseph Campbell

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