Am Dienstag, 15. September 2009 schrieb Helmut Jarausch:
> Hi,
>
> I have the impression that when rsync'ing /usr/portage/packages from
> another machine (BINSERVER),
> emerge --update --newuse --deep --buildpkg @system @world
> doesn't update packages which are upto-date on BINSERVER
> but not upto-date on the local machine.
>
> What's the role of the file
> /usr/portage/packages/Packages

Here it stores alotta info about the binary packages - for instance with what 
useflags they were compiled. This info is not in the archives, which only 
contain the files.
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