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From: Martin Vaeth <martin@×××××.de>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: emerge --sync
Date: Mon, 24 Oct 2016 15:30:15
Message-Id: slrno0sa6n.136.martin@lounge.imp.fu-berlin.de
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] emerge --sync by Jorge Almeida
1 Jorge Almeida <jjalmeida@×××××.com> wrote:
2 > I want to do emerge --sync on computer A and then update computer B by
3 > copying /usr/portage. Is this safe?
4
5 Yes, although ...
6
7 > does emerge --sync just updates the contents of /usr/portage
8
9 portage also changes the content of /var/cache/edb, and in some
10 cases even of /var/db or even of binary packages, but it will
11 repeat the necessary steps automatically if only /usr/portage
12 has changed.

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