Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Updating a Standalone

[Mick]

On Friday 12 Aug 2011 11:16:10 Nikos Chantziaras wrote:
> On 08/12/2011 12:58 PM, dhk wrote:
> > I have a Gentoo Box that is a standalone with no internet access.  Is
> > there a way I can update it by using my laptop?
> >
> > It would be nice to be able to sync a copy of my world list on my laptop
> > without clobbering my laptop's world list.  Then do a fetch for the
> > standalone world and when on the console pf the standalone do the update
> > to the fetched packages on the laptop.  The idea is not to have the
> > laptop as an image of the standalone, but as a server to sync to while
> > keeping the laptop's world separate.
>
> Er, can't you just give the box Internet access by using the laptop's
> connection?

Yes and in addition, set up your laptop as an rsync server for your desktop to 
use, as well as a GENTOO_MIRROR.

I'm sure there's a wiki somewhere describing the ins and outs of setting this 
up (there's more than one way to share distfiles - I use boa because of its 
small footprint).
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Regards,
Mick