From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1GlW0Z-0002Ku-Tk for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sat, 18 Nov 2006 19:37:48 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.8/8.13.8) with SMTP id kAIJZdix006057; Sat, 18 Nov 2006 19:35:39 GMT Received: from aa014msr.fastwebnet.it (aa014msr.fastwebnet.it [85.18.95.74]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id kAIJXZdX013512 for ; Sat, 18 Nov 2006 19:33:35 GMT Received: from [23.252.116.250] (23.252.116.250) by aa014msr.fastwebnet.it (7.3.105.6) (authenticated as sergio.polini) id 452E07B301864039 for gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org; Sat, 18 Nov 2006 20:33:35 +0100 From: Sergio Polini To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] undoing emerge --sync Date: Sat, 18 Nov 2006 20:33:58 +0100 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.1 References: <200610151400.09636.sp_rm_it@yahoo.it> <200611181957.49629.sp_rm_it@yahoo.it> <1163876629.12470.142.camel@camille.espersunited.com> In-Reply-To: <1163876629.12470.142.camel@camille.espersunited.com> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200611182033.58194.sp_rm_it@yahoo.it> X-Archives-Salt: d2ecea5f-c908-4d8c-9d05-b5cec978bec3 X-Archives-Hash: 8ff471e2287241bb578958b0673e5b32 Michael Sullivan: > On Sat, 2006-11-18 at 19:57 +0100, Sergio Polini wrote: > > Neil Bothwick: > > > On Sun, 15 Oct 2006 14:00:09 +0200, Sergio Polini wrote: > > > > May I undo an emerge --sync? > > > > > > Only be restoring from a previously made backup or another > > > computer that you haven't synced yet. > > > > I apologize for my delay. > > What have I to backup to be able to restore a previous sync? > > Are /usr/portage and /etc/conf.d enough? > > > > Thanks > > Sergio > > Theoretically, couldn't you just go to a Gentoo mirror and download > a portage snapshot from before you ran emerge --sync? Yes, but I'ld like to return to a tested sync. Perhaps I've been too concise ;) I have two Gentoo systems, "stable" and "testing". I'ld like to test a new sync in the "testing" system, and: a) if it does not work well to me, restore the previous working sync from the "stable" system, and wait for a new sync; b) if it works well, copy the working sync to the "stable" system. This is why I'm wondering if copying /usr/portage and /etc/conf.d would be enough. Sergio -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list