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From: Chris White <chriswhite@g.o>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Another query.. this time about installprofile.xml
Date: Wed, 12 Apr 2006 20:36:16
Message-Id: 200604121231.37886.chriswhite@gentoo.org
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] Another query.. this time about installprofile.xml by "Sieb
1 On Wednesday 12 April 2006 12:30 pm, Sieb, Glenn E (Glenn) wrote:
2 > Hi everyone :)
3 >
4 > In installprofile.xml, there's an option to list packages you want
5 > installed in a space-delimited format. Just wondering--can I specify
6 > *versions* there? Like:
7 >
8 > app-admin/logrotate-x.xx app-admin/sudo-y.yy app-admin/syslog-ng-z.zz
9 > app-admin/sysstat-q.qq
10 >
11 > and so forth (where x.xx/y.yy/z.zz/q.qq are actual version numbers)?
12
13 Yes but that's not clean
14
15 > If not, what is the best way of going about to make sure that, say, 10
16 > machines are all set up with the same version of various packages that are
17 > on other machines? (Development environment, so versioning is, as we say,
18 > imperative. :) )
19
20 Use the same portage tree, have only the package version(s) you want
21 avaliable. The installer has the option to use nfs mounts, webrsync, standard
22 rsync, or a URI to a snapshot (which can be both local or remote).
23
24 > Thank you all in advance!
25 > Best,
26 > --Glenn
27 >
28 > --
29 > Glenn E. Sieb, MTS
30 > sieb@××××××.com
31 > +1 732 949 5453
32
33 Chris White