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From: Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] emerge gone--can I use a tbz?
Date: Sat, 26 Mar 2011 21:03:56
Message-Id: 20110326210213.6fbb60ca@digimed.co.uk
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] emerge gone--can I use a tbz? by Allan Gottlieb
1 On Sat, 26 Mar 2011 09:24:29 -0400, Allan Gottlieb wrote:
2
3 > I do have buildsyspkg so have many versions of portage as tbz files.
4 > But emerge won't install it (again, just returns).
5 >
6 > Can I do something analogous to an untar on one of the portage files?
7
8 tar xf package-tbz -C /
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10 Ignore the warnings about metadata, but re-emerge the package as soon as
11 you can to stop portage getting confused.
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14 --
15 Neil Bothwick
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17 Remember that the Titanic was built by experts, and the Ark by a newbie

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Re: [gentoo-user] emerge gone--can I use a tbz? Allan Gottlieb <gottlieb@×××.edu>