Re: [gentoo-user] Most important packages to save buildpkg of

[Dale]

Bo Ørsted Andresen wrote:
> On Sunday 21 January 2007 16:55, Dale wrote:
> [SNIP]
>
>> I have buildpkg set in make.conf.  It does tend to consume some
>> space though.
>>
>
> You are aware that you can use eclean from app-portage/gentoolkit to clean
> binpkgs that you no longer have installed? I tend to use it with
> the --destructive option.
>

Yea, I use that.  Some of my older systems have small drives though.  I
even delete everything from distfiles, sometimes I have too.  :-O
>
>> What is say the top ten or twelve programs that would be
>> good to have in case of a rescue?  I would assume portage, gcc and
>> python would be pretty important.  I plan to delete the rest for space.
>>
>
> I'd add bash and baselayout too (in addition to Boyds suggestions).
>
> [SNIP]
>
>> Also, what commands would a person have to use to make use of those
>> buildpkg's?  So far, I have not needed one.  < says prayer >  That
>> assumes portage is what is screwed up to begin with.
>>
>
> # cd /
> # tar -xjf ${PATH_TO_BINPKG}.tbz2
>
> When portage is working:
>
> # emerge -K ${PKG}
>
> Also if you cannot boot and you have busybox installed, statically linked
> adding "init=/bin/busybox" to the boot line should allow you to use busybox
> to extract the tarballs. Otherwise a livecd should work.
>
>

I made a note of those commands.  lol  Maybe now I won't need them.  ;-)

Here is the list so far:

portage, gcc, python, pam, acl, nano, reiserfstools, bash, baselayout.  
We can add in any big packages if we feel froggy, OOo, kdelibs etc etc. 
May help.  Funny though, I haven't had OOo fail to compile or not work
right in ages.  It just seems to work like it should.  Is that lucky or
what?

Anybody think of something else that should be added??  I wonder if I
should post this info on the forums?  This is something that would be
good to know really, especially of you are new to Gentoo.

Thanks

Dale

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