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On Fri, 26 Feb 2021 11:44:12 -0700, Grant Taylor wrote: |
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> I have run into a few problems where emerge can't download files. So |
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> I'm finding them online, downloading them, and saving them to |
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> /usr/portage/distfiles. |
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Ah yes, I hadn't thought about the mirrors being too up to date. |
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> I have had a couple things (really old kernel source still installed) |
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> that I needed to find the ebuild files for. I added them to my local |
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> repository. |
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If the packages are installed, the ebuilds are in var/db/pkg. The kernel |
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shouldn't be a problem, I would expect you to be able to jump straight to |
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the current version, although you may prefer to recompile it once you are |
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fully up to date on the toolchain. |
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Neil Bothwick |
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Crash: (v.) to terminate a program in the usual fashion, i.e. by locking |
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up the computer or setting fire to the printer. (n.) the process of such |
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termination. |
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