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 1D90B138350 for ; Sat, 4 Apr 2020 23:46:20 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 3AEB3E0CBC; Sat, 4 Apr 2020 23:46:13 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smarthost01c.mail.zen.net.uk (smarthost01c.mail.zen.net.uk [212.23.1.5]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id BE927E0C50 for ; Sat, 4 Apr 2020 23:46:12 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [82.69.80.10] (helo=peak.localnet) by smarthost01c.mail.zen.net.uk with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA256:256) (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1jKsUM-0004ol-U6 for gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org; Sat, 04 Apr 2020 23:46:10 +0000 From: Peter Humphrey To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: ...recreating exactly the same applications on a new harddisc? Date: Sun, 05 Apr 2020 00:46:10 +0100 Message-ID: <2529630.mvXUDI8C0e@peak> In-Reply-To: <20200404222308.78b5076a@digimed.co.uk> References: <20200404173459.eggbc2sijcnkw67j@solfire> <20200404175931.6lwv6442orstert5@matica> <20200404222308.78b5076a@digimed.co.uk> 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-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" X-Originating-smarthost01c-IP: [82.69.80.10] Feedback-ID: 82.69.80.10 X-Archives-Salt: ff60d61c-de48-4e69-941c-1d2a40b3f638 X-Archives-Hash: 19344fc98775a3224b9922dea4fba423 On Saturday, 4 April 2020 22:26:16 BST Neil Bothwick wrote: > 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. I'd also copy much of /etc and /etc/conf.d as well, especially /etc/portage. -- Regards, Peter.