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On 06/14/10 12:19, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: |
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> On Montag 14 Juni 2010, Helmut Jarausch wrote: |
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>> On 14 Jun, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: |
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>>> On Montag 14 Juni 2010, Helmut Jarausch wrote: |
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>>>> Hi, |
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>>>> due to a disk crash I've lost my root partition. |
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>>>> Unfortunately, the backup version is 4 weeks old. |
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>>>> But my /usr partition is up-to-date and I have |
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>>>> binary build-pkgs. |
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>>>> What's the fastest way to restore the portage-relevant |
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>>>> data on the root partition? |
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>>>> Many thanks for a hint, |
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>>>> Helmut. |
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>>> if /var/db survived, you can grep for /bin /lib /sbin etc in /var/db and |
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>>> install the packages hit. |
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>> Thanks, but unfortunately /var was on the root partition. |
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>> So, I have to emerge -k --update @world @system . |
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>> Helmut. |
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> except that without /var portage does now know what @system or @world is made |
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> off. |
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If you have a 4-week old version of /var/db, you can probably use that |
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for the sake of rebuilding/unpackaging system and world. Hopefully, |
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system and world won't have changed so much in four weeks that a |
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ground-up rebuild will be more efficient. |
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-Dru |