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From:	Nikos Chantziaras <realnc@×××××.com>
To:	gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject:	[gentoo-user] Re: Creating binary packages before updating them
Date:	Mon, 29 Jul 2013 11:36:49
Message-Id:	`kt5k2v$1hd$1@ger.gmane.org`
In Reply to:	Re: [gentoo-user] Creating binary packages before updating them by Tanstaafl

1	On 29/07/13 14:27, Tanstaafl wrote:
2	> On 2013-07-29 7:18 AM, Nikos Chantziaras <realnc@×××××.com> wrote:
3	>> Normally, when I'm about to update an important package, I back it up
4	>> first using quickpkg. I'm often in a situation though where many
5	>> important packages are being updated in a world update. Normally, I
6	>> have to manually quickpkg every one of them.
7	>>
8	>> Is there a way to tell emerge to do this on its own? That is, create
9	>> binary packages of every package that it is replacing?
10	>
11	> Add FEATURES="buildpkg" to make.conf...
12
13	This creates packages for everything and only after they've been
14	merged. I need to create tbzs for packages that are being replaced, and
15	only when I want to.