Re: [gentoo-user] Updating a Standalone

[dhk <dhkuhl@optonline.net>]

Okay, thanks, it looks like I'll have to set up a mirror site on my
laptop.  Is there a good howto for this?  How much space does it require?

Thanks again,

dhk

On 08/12/2011 10:43 AM, Thanasis wrote:
> on 08/12/2011 05:08 PM Paul Hartman wrote the following:
>> On Fri, Aug 12, 2011 at 8:26 AM, Thanasis <thanasis@asyr.hopto.org> wrote:
>>> Keep an updated image of the standalone on laptop, update it via chroot,
>>> and sync back to the standalone.
>>
>> This is what i came here to suggest. :) But I think it'll only work if
>> the 2 machines are using compatible arch, right?
>>
> 
> If the host is 64bit (amd or intel) it can work with a 32bit (and 64bit)
> chroot. You only need to fix* the -march= in the chroot(ed) make.conf
> (CFLAGS=) and call chroot via linux32 or linux64 accordingly.
> ls -l /usr/bin/linux*
> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 7 Aug  9 09:58 /usr/bin/linux32 -> setarch
> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 7 Aug  9 09:58 /usr/bin/linux64 -> setarch
> 
> *(do not set march to native)
> 
>