* Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Updating a Standalone
@ 2011-08-12 10:25 99% ` Pandu Poluan
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From: Pandu Poluan @ 2011-08-12 10:25 UTC (permalink / raw
To: gentoo-user
On Fri, Aug 12, 2011 at 17:16, Nikos Chantziaras <realnc@arcor.de> wrote:
> On 08/12/2011 12:58 PM, dhk wrote:
>>
>> I have a Gentoo Box that is a standalone with no internet access. Is
>> there a way I can update it by using my laptop?
>>
>> It would be nice to be able to sync a copy of my world list on my laptop
>> without clobbering my laptop's world list. Then do a fetch for the
>> standalone world and when on the console pf the standalone do the update
>> to the fetched packages on the laptop. The idea is not to have the
>> laptop as an image of the standalone, but as a server to sync to while
>> keeping the laptop's world separate.
>
> Er, can't you just give the box Internet access by using the laptop's
> connection?
>
Agree with Nikos.
Another (ultra-roundabout) way:
* Get portage-latest.tar.xz
* Untar to your standalone system
* emerge -puf @world
* Get the files on an Internet-connected system
* Put the files on the standalone's portage DISTDIR
* emerge -au @world
DISCLAIMER: Not tested :-)
Rgds,
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