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From: Arve Barsnes <arve.barsnes@×××××.com>
To: Gentoo <gentoo-user@l.g.o>
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] What is the best way forward? - Update 1
Date: Sat, 27 Feb 2021 06:55:58
Message-Id: CAJjrzcUZgudgtO8+9k3+yx6kL7wdi81FgZ6EjBzkyrExsfvOLg@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] What is the best way forward? - Update 1 by Grant Taylor
1 On Fri, 26 Feb 2021 at 23:30, Grant Taylor
2 <gtaylor@×××××××××××××××××××××.net> wrote:
3 > > If the packages are installed, the ebuilds are in var/db/pkg.
4 >
5 > The package (distribution files) for the version that is installed are
6 > in distfiles. But that does little for an ebuild that's looking for a
7 > newer version that's no longer on the expected mirrors.
8
9 I'm not sure what you're saying here, but the ebuild files of the
10 installed packages are in /var/db/pkg
11
12 Regards,
13 Arve

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Re: [gentoo-user] What is the best way forward? - Update 1 Grant Taylor <gtaylor@×××××××××××××××××××××.net>