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Hi |
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I've been building a box for a specific purpose by emerge-ing and playing |
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with various packages until I ended up with something that matched what I |
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wanted. |
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I'd now like to rebuild the box including just the packages that turned out |
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to be relevant. |
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Rather than do source installs again I was thinking of using the current box |
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to build binary packages before wiping it and doing a rebuild from these |
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binaries, hence saving on heaps of build time after setting make.conf, etc. |
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to match the current install. One additional step that I think is important |
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is to use a Portage snapshot from the current machine. |
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A few questions... |
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1) Does this seem like a sensible idea? Will it generally work? |
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2) Will --usepkg --getbinpkg use binary packages for dependencies? |
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3) Is the resultant Portage database equivalent to source emerges, |
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especially in respect of future --updates, --newuse, etc? |
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4) Am I right to use a Portage snapshot from the current machine? |
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5) Is this idea so close to the Catalyst idea that I should use its methods |
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to achieve my aims? |
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TIA |
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IanC |
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