From: Neil Bothwick <neil@digimed.co.uk>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] cloning + upgrade howto?
Date: Thu, 23 Jul 2009 08:09:24 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20090723080924.2e730943@krikkit.digimed.co.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <tkrat.46db93b3f701a95b@igpm.rwth-aachen.de>
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On Thu, 23 Jul 2009 08:54:19 +0200 (CEST), Helmut Jarausch wrote:
> Is it possible to clone this running Gentoo system, essentially
> overwrite
> /var/lib/portage/world
> with the larger version of the old hardware except some 64bit related
> packages and then run
> emerge --keep-going -j4 -1 --ask --update --newuse --deep @system @world
> on the new machine.
>
> Or are the any snags?
Only one, portage will barf when you have a world file containing
uninstalled packages. Copy the world file from the other machine
somewhere other than /var/lib/portage and run
emerge -n $(cat /path/to/otherworld)
--
Neil Bothwick
Those are my principles. If you don't like them I have others.
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2009-07-23 7:09 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2009-07-23 6:54 [gentoo-user] cloning + upgrade howto? Helmut Jarausch
2009-07-23 7:09 ` Neil Bothwick [this message]
2009-07-23 13:35 ` Nevynxxx
2009-07-23 14:36 ` Neil Bothwick
2009-07-27 8:33 ` Nevynxxx
2009-07-27 9:05 ` Neil Bothwick
2009-07-27 21:39 ` [gentoo-user] " ABCD
2009-07-27 21:46 ` Neil Bothwick
2009-07-27 21:51 ` [gentoo-user] " ABCD
2009-07-28 8:55 ` Helmut Jarausch
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