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> -----Original Message----- |
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> From: Iain Buchanan [mailto:iaindb@××××××××××××.au] |
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> Sent: Tuesday, May 22, 2007 1:30 PM |
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> To: gentoo-user@l.g.o |
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> Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] A Theoretical install Question |
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> On Tue, 2007-05-22 at 13:06 +0900, burlingk@×××××××××.mil wrote: |
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> > Ok, Here goes... |
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> > How large is the package archive for gentoo, assuming a |
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> full copy of |
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> > the portage tree, and all of the source tarballs in the distfiles |
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> > directory of the average server? |
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> all of the distfiles? about 7 or 8 Gb I seem to recall |
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> reading on the handbook... |
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> > Would it be possible to draw down the whole archive all in one shot |
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> > using wget or similar, dump it all into a directory on the |
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> hard drive, |
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> > and direct portage there for the distribution files? |
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> yes, of course, but what for? If you just want an "offline" |
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> installation, you can use -f to emerge which will download |
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> (fetch) only. |
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> or if you want to download on one machine, and transfer the |
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> files via disk or something to another machine, use -fp to |
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> get the list of files to download. |
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> of course, neither of these methods cover the fact that you |
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> might not know exactly everything you want to install... |
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> HTH, |
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> -- |
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> Iain Buchanan <iaindb at netspace dot net dot au> |
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That is why I was wondering about the size of the download. |
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If it is less than 10GB, then that may be one hell of a download, |
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but it is still within the realm of reason. I imagine that by |
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the the time I am able to undertake such a task, the size of the |
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repository will likely have grown. :P |
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