From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 040D6138350 for ; Sat, 4 Apr 2020 21:26:26 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 14585E0CB0; Sat, 4 Apr 2020 21:26:20 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail.digimed.co.uk (cpc89902-warr7-2-0-cust45.1-1.cable.virginm.net [81.108.251.46]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 92313E0CA5 for ; Sat, 4 Apr 2020 21:26:19 +0000 (UTC) Received: from digimed.co.uk (fenchurch.digimed.co.uk [192.168.1.6]) by mail.digimed.co.uk (Postfix) with ESMTPA id F28C46876E for ; Sat, 4 Apr 2020 22:26:16 +0100 (BST) Date: Sat, 4 Apr 2020 22:26:16 +0100 From: Neil Bothwick To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: ...recreating exactly the same applications on a new harddisc? Message-ID: <20200404222308.78b5076a@digimed.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <20200404175931.6lwv6442orstert5@matica> References: <20200404173459.eggbc2sijcnkw67j@solfire> <20200404175931.6lwv6442orstert5@matica> Organization: Digital Media Production X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.17.5 (GTK+ 2.24.32; x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) X-GPG-Fingerprint: 7260 0F33 97EC 2F1E 7667 FE37 BA6E 1A97 4375 1903 Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org X-Auto-Response-Suppress: DR, RN, NRN, OOF, AutoReply MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: 48fbbf5c-3808-451c-afc0-80b1c5383a5c X-Archives-Hash: 0348facc728d05eb0890ef40f0b35722 On Sat, 4 Apr 2020 10:59:31 -0700, Ian Zimmerman wrote: > > Is it possible to recreate exactlu the same pool of > > applications/programs/libraries etc..., which my current > > system have - in one go? > > You don't say if you want exactly the same _versions_ of everything. > > If you don't need that, wouldn't just transferring the world file be > enough? You may need to copy world_sets as well, if you have any portage sets installed. -- Neil Bothwick He who laughs last thinks slowest!