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 16669138350 for ; Sun, 5 Apr 2020 17:41:58 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 702B7E0AAC; Sun, 5 Apr 2020 17:41:52 +0000 (UTC) Received: from very.loosely.org (very.loosely.org [173.255.215.69]) (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 2C966E09A1 for ; Sun, 5 Apr 2020 17:41:51 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:33720 helo=foolinux.mooo.com) by ahiker.mooo.com with esmtp (Exim 4.93.0.4-246-de4b4accb) (envelope-from ) id 1jL9HK-0002wi-H2 for gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org; Sun, 05 Apr 2020 10:41:50 -0700 Date: Sun, 5 Apr 2020 10:41:43 -0700 From: Ian Zimmerman To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: ...recreating exactly the same applications on a new harddisc? Message-ID: <20200405174143.fo2ub6k54qjvtqsx@matica> References: <20200404173459.eggbc2sijcnkw67j@solfire> <20200404175931.6lwv6442orstert5@matica> <20200404180322.zkus46kijec5af26@solfire> 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-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20200404180322.zkus46kijec5af26@solfire> X-Loosely-ASN: 4294967295 X-Archives-Salt: 9e5764a8-521e-4704-9068-ab957cc60979 X-Archives-Hash: d5b12e2bcdbeb635861540bb984e053c On 2020-04-04 20:03, tuxic@posteo.de wrote: > Wouldn't transferring the world file be enough? > > Is it? As far as I know, for having the same packages pulled in, this is all that matters (plus possibly @world_sets as Neil mentions). Of course you have all sorts of other configuration to replicate, including portage's. That's what git is for :-P. -- Ian