[gentoo-user] create packages of every installed program

[gentoo-user] create packages of every installed program

[Marco Calviani]

Hi list,
  i would like to ask how to create a package of EVERY program
installed on the system, as a backup of everything.

Regards,
MC

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Re: [gentoo-user] create packages of every installed program

[Etaoin Shrdlu]

On Tuesday 14 March 2006 18:50, Marco Calviani wrote:

> Hi list,
>   i would like to ask how to create a package of EVERY program
> installed on the system, as a backup of everything.

Just add "buildpkg" to your FEATURES in make.conf.
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Re: [gentoo-user] create packages of every installed program

[Richard Fish]

On 3/14/06, Etaoin Shrdlu <shrdlu@unlimitedmail.org> wrote:
> On Tuesday 14 March 2006 18:50, Marco Calviani wrote:
>
> > Hi list,
> >   i would like to ask how to create a package of EVERY program
> > installed on the system, as a backup of everything.
>
> Just add "buildpkg" to your FEATURES in make.conf.

That will work for new merges and updates.

For current packages:

quickpkg /var/db/pkg/*/*

-Richard


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Re: [gentoo-user] create packages of every installed program

[Kevin O'Gorman]

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On 3/14/06, Richard Fish <bigfish@asmallpond.org> wrote:
>
> On 3/14/06, Etaoin Shrdlu <shrdlu@unlimitedmail.org> wrote:
> > On Tuesday 14 March 2006 18:50, Marco Calviani wrote:
> >
> > > Hi list,
> > >   i would like to ask how to create a package of EVERY program
> > > installed on the system, as a backup of everything.
> >
> > Just add "buildpkg" to your FEATURES in make.conf.
>
> That will work for new merges and updates.
>
> For current packages:
>
> quickpkg /var/db/pkg/*/*


Where do they go when you do that?  How do you use them later?

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Re: [gentoo-user] create packages of every installed program

[Richard Fish]

On 3/15/06, Kevin O'Gorman <kogorman@gmail.com> wrote:
> > quickpkg /var/db/pkg/*/*
>
>
>  Where do they go when you do that?  How do you use them later?

They go into your PKGDIR directory (normally /usr/portage/packages).

To use them later, specify the --usepkg/--usepkgonly options to
emerge.  For example, I currently have portage-2.1_pre3-r1 through
portage-2.1_pre6-r2 packages.  If I have a problem with pre6-r2, and
want to quickly downgrade, I can do something like:

emerge --oneshot --usepkgonly =sys-apps/portage-2.1_pre5-r4

This is really useful for large packages that take a long time to
compile, like X, KDE, or openoffice.org.

-Richard

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Re: [gentoo-user] create packages of every installed program

[Daniel da Veiga]

On 3/15/06, Kevin O'Gorman <kogorman@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 3/14/06, Richard Fish <bigfish@asmallpond.org> wrote:
>
> > On 3/14/06, Etaoin Shrdlu <shrdlu@unlimitedmail.org> wrote:
> > > On Tuesday 14 March 2006 18:50, Marco Calviani wrote:
> > >
> > > > Hi list,
> > > >   i would like to ask how to create a package of EVERY program
> > > > installed on the system, as a backup of everything.
> > >
> > > Just add "buildpkg" to your FEATURES in make.conf.
> >
> > That will work for new merges and updates.
> >
> > For current packages:
> >
> > quickpkg /var/db/pkg/*/*
>
>
>  Where do they go when you do that?  How do you use them later?

They go to $PKGDIR, if that's set, else, /usr/portage/packages... You
use them giving emerge the "-k" option, or "-K" to force it to only
use binaries.

man emerge

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Re: [gentoo-user] create packages of every installed program

[Marco Calviani]

Hi Richard,

> >  Where do they go when you do that?  How do you use them later?
>
> They go into your PKGDIR directory (normally /usr/portage/packages).
>
> To use them later, specify the --usepkg/--usepkgonly options to
> emerge.  For example, I currently have portage-2.1_pre3-r1 through
> portage-2.1_pre6-r2 packages.  If I have a problem with pre6-r2, and
> want to quickly downgrade, I can do something like:
>
> emerge --oneshot --usepkgonly =sys-apps/portage-2.1_pre5-r4
>
> This is really useful for large packages that take a long time to
> compile, like X, KDE, or openoffice.org.
>

thanks for this info... in fact i was searching for the packages in
the /var/db directory and i could not find anything...

Regards,
MC

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Re: [gentoo-user] create packages of every installed program

[Neil Bothwick]

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On Wed, 15 Mar 2006 10:07:10 -0700, Richard Fish wrote:

> To use them later, specify the --usepkg/--usepkgonly options to
> emerge.  For example, I currently have portage-2.1_pre3-r1 through
> portage-2.1_pre6-r2 packages.  If I have a problem with pre6-r2, and
> want to quickly downgrade, I can do something like:
> 
> emerge --oneshot --usepkgonly =sys-apps/portage-2.1_pre5-r4
> 
> This is really useful for large packages that take a long time to
> compile, like X, KDE, or openoffice.org.

It's also useful if a new version of a critical package screws your
system, like glibc, gcc, python or portage. You can untar the package
directly into the root filesystem to get a functional system back, then
use "emerge --usepkg" after to do it properly (otherwise portage will
think the new version is still installed).


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