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> -----Original Message----- |
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> From: Hemmann, Volker Armin |
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> [mailto:volker.armin.hemmann@××××××××××××.de] |
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> Sent: Tuesday, May 22, 2007 3:34 PM |
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> To: gentoo-user@l.g.o |
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> Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] A Theoretical install Question |
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> On Dienstag, 22. Mai 2007, burlingk@×××××××××.mil wrote: |
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> > Ok, Here goes... |
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> > How large is the package archive for gentoo, assuming a |
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> full copy of |
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> > the portage tree, and all of the source tarballs in the distfiles |
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> > directory of the average server? |
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> dunno, but huge. |
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<snip> |
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> you will waste a lot of bandwidth and diskspace. The mirror |
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> might hate you for |
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> it. You will have lots and lots of packages like packageX.1.1, |
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> packageX.1.1.0, packageX.1.1.1.... |
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I think that a better option may be to decide which software I want, |
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and use emerge -ef <package> on each of the big packages to get just |
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what I need. Maybe setting up a stage three install, with just the |
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kernel, boot loader, and portage and using 'emerge -ef world' first |
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might have the desired effect as far as getting the base system first. |
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:-) |
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That would also let me make sure that I have an up to date portage tree, |
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and just the files I need and maybe a few more. ^^;; |
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Does that sound better, and less likely to piss off the mirrors? :P |
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Ken |
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