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From: Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Backup [Was: Old Firefox ebuild?]
Date: Sat, 15 Oct 2016 08:15:16
Message-Id: 20161015091458.5ca3248a@digimed.co.uk
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] Backup [Was: Old Firefox ebuild?] by Ian Zimmerman
1 On Fri, 14 Oct 2016 22:35:27 -0700, Ian Zimmerman wrote:
2
3 > Given the time (including the trip) it takes to restore, I don't see the
4 > point of backing up static files which can be reinstalled from the
5 > distribution. Of course, I'm still learning gentoo and so it was easy
6 > for me to make the mistake of forgetting that files under /usr/portage
7 > aren't really in that catagory.
8
9 mv /usr/portage /var/
10 Change PORTDIR in make.conf to suit
11 Problem solved.
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15 Neil Bothwick
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17 If you use envelopes, why not encryption ?

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[gentoo-user] Re: Backup [Was: Old Firefox ebuild?] Ian Zimmerman <itz@×××××××.net>