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From: Rick van Hattem <Rick.van.Hattem@××××.nl>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] ways to update portage
Date: Fri, 24 Feb 2006 22:46:04
Message-Id: 200602242341.00637.Rick.van.Hattem@fawo.nl
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] ways to update portage by Daniel da Veiga
1 On Monday 13 February 2006 19:40, Daniel da Veiga wrote:
2 > I have this server at work, it has been running ok for a long time,
3 > but I'd like to install some new apps to it, but I have a strongly
4 > configured firewall (no rsync) and emerge-webrsync seems to fail every
5 > time.
6 >
7 > Is there another way to update portage tree? For my first update I
8 > downloaded the snapshot and decompressed it directly to the filesystem
9 > (but that requires a reboot and its kinda "brute force"). Is there a
10 > way to download the snapshot and make emerge or even emerge-webrsync
11 > to use the downloaded file instead of trying to download a new one?
12 >
13 > Thanks for any sugestion.
14 >
15 > --
16 > Daniel da Veiga
17 > Computer Operator - RS - Brazil
18 > -----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK-----
19 > Version: 3.1
20 > GCM/IT/P/O d-? s:- a? C++$ UBLA++ P+ L++ E--- W+++$ N o+ K- w O M- V-
21 > PS PE Y PGP- t+ 5 X+++ R+* tv b+ DI+++ D+ G+ e h+ r+ y++
22 > ------END GEEK CODE BLOCK------
23 And it isn't possible to enter the proxy data for emerge-webrsync (if there is
24 any)
25
26 Btw, just packing /usr/portage from another system and unpacking it again
27 shouldn't need a reboot, after unpacking it should be able to run.
28
29 --
30 Rick van Hattem Rick.van.Hattem(at)Fawo.nl

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Re: [gentoo-user] ways to update portage Dan Sheffner <dsheffner@×××××.com>