Re: [gentoo-dev] --usepkg in emerge

[Matt Thrailkill <xwred1@xwredwing.net>]

This would be a handy option to have.  I've got a side project going where I'm trying to maintain my own separate Portage trees, and eventually I'd like to build binaries for everything in them and have my boxes install those optionally rather than compiling.

On Thu, 31 Jul 2003 00:25:28 +0200
Marius Mauch <genone@genone.homeip.net> wrote:

> On 07/30/03  fredrik danerklint wrote:
> 
> > Hi!
> > 
> > Is it possible, that when you are using --usepkg with emerge, could
> > get emerge to download the binarie file from a server, just like it
> > would if you're gonna compile the source code?
> > 
> > And could I set this feature in the variable "feature"? I didn't see
> > that it was possible.
> > 
> > What I'm trying to say, is that some kind of option in /etc/make.conf
> > you could use, just like the variable "gentoo_mirrors" but instead
> > have it to download the binarie file from a list of server, if the
> > file is availible.
> > 
> > If the variable was called "gentoo_binaries" it would look like this:
> > GENTOO_BINARIES="http://ftp.fredan.org/gentoo/binaries/amd-athlonxp"
> > to get the binaries files optimized for amd athlon xp processor.
> 
> The 2.0.49 portage versions have some support for this, but it is still
> experimental if I got it right and not documented yet. The new -g and -G
> options are for this.
> 
> Marius
> 
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