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From: Rich Freeman <rich0@g.o>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Necessity of installer and complete documentation.
Date: Sun, 30 Jul 2017 19:55:05
Message-Id: CAGfcS_k0zetF-+Gf642E0f4Qbr9rP9JZrsXnUnS+aM0C-t2uGQ@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Necessity of installer and complete documentation. by Neil Bothwick
1 On Sun, Jul 30, 2017 at 3:48 PM, Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk> wrote:
2 > On Mon, 31 Jul 2017 00:35:02 +0700, Ста Деюс wrote:
3 >
4 > If you want to install the same group of packages on multiple machines,
5 > create a set and copy it to /etc/portage/sets. I have a base set that I
6 > install on everything, containing all the things I always fond useful, and
7 > a desktop set for, well, you can probably guess.
8 >
9
10 Just be careful about uninstalling sets. For whatever reason portage
11 doesn't manage dependencies when you do this.
12
13 Using sets for this isn't a bad idea. I just stick the packages in
14 /var/lib/portage/world on a new install and then run an emerge -uD
15 world.
16
17 --
18 Rich

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Re: [gentoo-user] Necessity of installer and complete documentation. Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk>