Re: [gentoo-user] ways to update portage

[Rick van Hattem <Rick.van.Hattem@fawo.nl>]

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On Monday 13 February 2006 19:40, Daniel da Veiga wrote:
> I have this server at work, it has been running ok for a long time,
> but I'd like to install some new apps to it, but I have a strongly
> configured firewall (no rsync) and emerge-webrsync seems to fail every
> time.
>
> Is there another way to update portage tree? For my first update I
> downloaded the snapshot and decompressed it directly to the filesystem
> (but that requires a reboot and its kinda "brute force"). Is there a
> way to download the snapshot and make emerge or even emerge-webrsync
> to use the downloaded file instead of trying to download a new one?
>
> Thanks for any sugestion.
>
> --
> Daniel da Veiga
> Computer Operator - RS - Brazil
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And it isn't possible to enter the proxy data for emerge-webrsync (if there is 
any)

Btw, just packing /usr/portage from another system and unpacking it again 
shouldn't need a reboot, after unpacking it should be able to run.

-- 
Rick van Hattem	Rick.van.Hattem(at)Fawo.nl

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