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From: gevisz <gevisz@gmail.com>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] How to degrade Gentoo system with webrsync method?
Date: Sun, 9 Jan 2022 14:16:37 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <CA+t6X7dsRDPqCdf0YoF6oTLUvK9PAERo52-1G5DZuU=6E8NF5A@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAJjrzcVob2Wb8hd5k77tNoi_QXL-qu82CVGWthk377LCntjBCw@mail.gmail.com>

вс, 9 янв. 2022 г. в 14:08, Arve Barsnes <arve.barsnes@gmail.com>:
>
> On Sun, 9 Jan 2022 at 12:48, gevisz <gevisz@gmail.com> wrote:
> > The problem is that I do not know how to sync my Gentoo repository
> > to the state it was on 12-12-2021.
> >
> > I use webrsync sync method via "emaint -A sync" and would prefer
> > to use the same sync method for degrading my Gentoo system.
> >
> > Can anybody, please, tell me how to do it using this sync method?
>
> This is probably not possible at all using any of the tools available.
> These tools only support downloading the latest snapshot to get you up
> to date. Additionally, most mirrors only keep snapshots of the last 7
> days or so, so it would take some (possibly futile) effort to find a
> snapshot of the date you need.
>
> The only option, as far as I can see, is to migrate your portage tree
> to git, where you can specify a commit that you want to sync to from
> the wanted day.

It is a pity, but thank you for the answer.


  reply	other threads:[~2022-01-09 12:17 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2022-01-09 11:47 [gentoo-user] How to degrade Gentoo system with webrsync method? gevisz
2022-01-09 12:07 ` Arve Barsnes
2022-01-09 12:16   ` gevisz [this message]
2022-01-09 12:42     ` Dale
2022-01-09 13:13       ` gevisz
2022-01-09 13:39         ` Dale
2022-01-09 14:15           ` gevisz
2022-01-09 14:46           ` Wol
2022-01-09 17:08             ` Neil Bothwick
2022-01-11  1:48         ` Daniel Frey
2022-01-19 12:51 ` Robert David

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