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From: Frank Steinmetzger <Warp_7@×××.de>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] /usr/portage/packages/Packages - what for?
Date: Tue, 15 Sep 2009 13:21:50
Message-Id: 200909151521.55702.Warp_7@gmx.de
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] /usr/portage/packages/Packages - what for? by Helmut Jarausch
1 Am Dienstag, 15. September 2009 schrieb Helmut Jarausch:
2 > Hi,
3 >
4 > I have the impression that when rsync'ing /usr/portage/packages from
5 > another machine (BINSERVER),
6 > emerge --update --newuse --deep --buildpkg @system @world
7 > doesn't update packages which are upto-date on BINSERVER
8 > but not upto-date on the local machine.
9 >
10 > What's the role of the file
11 > /usr/portage/packages/Packages
12
13 Here it stores alotta info about the binary packages - for instance with what
14 useflags they were compiled. This info is not in the archives, which only
15 contain the files.
16 --
17 Gruß | Greetings | Qapla'
18 I guess irony can be pretty ironic sometimes.

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Re: [gentoo-user] /usr/portage/packages/Packages - what for? Fabrice Delliaux <netfab@×××××.com>