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From: Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Source for checksums of installed files
Date: Sat, 14 Feb 2015 09:36:52
Message-Id: 20150214093641.00a98844@digimed.co.uk
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] Source for checksums of installed files by Jan Sever
1 On Sat, 14 Feb 2015 10:24:21 +0100 (CET), Jan Sever wrote:
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3 > I was looking for information about the source for checksums of
4 > installed files but I didn't find. I'd like to know whether Portage
5 > makes checksums (for equery check) from installed files in /, or
6 > in /var/tmp/portage. And similarly whether it makes binary packages
7 > (when asked) from /, or again from /var/tmp/portage. It'd make sense,
8 > it'd make it from /var/tmp/portage but I'm not sure of that.
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10 It makes the packages from $PORTAGE_TMPDIR and then installs from that
11 package, when using buildpkg. Quickpkg builds fro the installed files.
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Re: [gentoo-user] Source for checksums of installed files Jan Sever <n32@×××××.cz>