From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.62) (envelope-from ) id 1HqLlk-0000bs-74 for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Tue, 22 May 2007 04:14:44 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.0/8.14.0) with SMTP id l4M4DSpq019475; Tue, 22 May 2007 04:13:28 GMT Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [140.211.166.183]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.0/8.14.0) with ESMTP id l4M496wC014556 for ; Tue, 22 May 2007 04:09:07 GMT Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A648764BBD for ; Tue, 22 May 2007 04:09:06 +0000 (UTC) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at gentoo.org X-Spam-Score: 1.504 X-Spam-Level: * X-Spam-Status: No, score=1.504 required=5.5 tests=[AWL=0.474, DNS_FROM_RFC_ABUSE=0.479, HTML_MESSAGE=0.001, NO_REAL_NAME=0.55] Received: from smtp.gentoo.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.gentoo.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id I9l-02bmVLWp for ; Tue, 22 May 2007 04:09:04 +0000 (UTC) Received: from dnsmail2.fleet.navy.mil (pacfa.fleet.navy.mil [205.56.145.34]) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5FA3264E6A for ; Tue, 22 May 2007 04:09:02 +0000 (UTC) Received: from VSCAN1 ([157.153.3.104]) by dnsmail2.fleet.navy.mil (8.12.11.SSC-RH.1/8.12.9) with SMTP id l4M47ilh023451 for ; Tue, 22 May 2007 04:08:59 GMT Received: from cv63ucsex1.cv63.navy.mil ([157.153.3.104]) by VSCAN1 (SMSSMTP 4.1.11.41) with SMTP id M2007052204085628856 for ; Tue, 22 May 2007 04:08:57 GMT Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----_=_NextPart_001_01C79C26.9AB73CF8" content-class: urn:content-classes:message X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft Exchange V6.0.6603.0 Subject: [gentoo-user] A Theoretical install Question Date: Tue, 22 May 2007 13:06:42 +0900 Message-ID: X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: Thread-Topic: A Theoretical install Question Thread-Index: AcecJpurdPXF/bufT0mPlMNc/FK/jA== From: To: X-Archives-Salt: 1509a855-21b3-4524-b120-7a6597fa4a23 X-Archives-Hash: 5b187860c9a394d8479dc899e4bbd934 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------_=_NextPart_001_01C79C26.9AB73CF8 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Ok, Here goes... =20 =20 How large is the package archive for gentoo, assuming a full copy of the portage tree, and all of the source tarballs in the distfiles directory of the average server? =20 Would it be possible to draw down the whole archive all in one shot using wget or similar, dump it all into a directory on the hard drive, and direct portage there for the distribution files? =20 I know this would basically be equivelent to making a local mirror of the distrservers, and I would have to make sure that my portage tree matches up to the files actually on the hard drive. ^^ What other concerns would I need to look at at this point. :P =20 =20 =20 =20 ------_=_NextPart_001_01C79C26.9AB73CF8 Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message
Ok,  Here=20 goes...
 
 
How = large is the=20 package archive for gentoo, assuming a full copy of the portage tree, = and all of=20 the source tarballs in the distfiles directory of the average=20 server?
 
Would = it be possible=20 to draw down the whole archive all in one shot using wget or similar, = dump it=20 all into a directory on the hard drive, and direct portage there for the = distribution files?
 
I know = this would=20 basically be equivelent to making a local mirror of the distrservers, = and I=20 would have to make sure that my portage tree matches up to the files = actually on=20 the hard drive. ^^  What other concerns would I need to look at at = this=20 point. :P
 
 
 
 
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