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On 09 November 2007, Neil Bothwick wrote: |
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> On Fri, 9 Nov 2007 12:06:11 +0200, Uwe Thiem wrote: |
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> > Since some update lately, A can not nfs mount /usr/portage (or anything |
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> > else) from B. NFS mount is broken. I know that emerging nfs-utils will |
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> > cure the problem. On the other hand, I can not emerge nfs-utils on A |
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> > without nfs working. Hic rhodos, hic salta! |
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> Set compatible CFLAGS etc. on B and emerge --buildpkgonly nfs-utils. Then |
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> copy the package from $PKGDIR/All/nfs-utils-* to A using sneakernet and |
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> unpack it into /. Then mount /usr/portage and emerge nfs-utils to make |
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> sure it is installed properly. |
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Thanks, Neil. Fortunately, the idea about a livecd and chroot worked. A can |
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nfs mount again. |
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> Alternative, and less kludgy, solution. Tar up /usr/portage on B, unpack |
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> it on A. |
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Too big a thing for A. There is a reason why it doesn't have its own portage |
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tree. ;-) |
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Uwe |
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If a man speaks in a forest, and no woman listens to him, |
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is he still lying? |
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