From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1Qrowx-0006Ij-9X for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Fri, 12 Aug 2011 10:26:47 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id CA5BD21C224; Fri, 12 Aug 2011 10:26:31 +0000 (UTC) Received: from svr-us4.tirtonadi.com (unknown [69.65.43.212]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A7DEA21C1E9 for ; Fri, 12 Aug 2011 10:25:38 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-fx0-f53.google.com ([209.85.161.53]) by svr-us4.tirtonadi.com with esmtpsa (TLSv1:RC4-SHA:128) (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Qrovq-004Gyf-GC for gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org; Fri, 12 Aug 2011 17:25:38 +0700 Received: by fxd23 with SMTP id 23so2861815fxd.40 for ; Fri, 12 Aug 2011 03:25:33 -0700 (PDT) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.223.75.194 with SMTP id z2mr1040620faj.89.1313144733729; Fri, 12 Aug 2011 03:25:33 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.223.100.4 with HTTP; Fri, 12 Aug 2011 03:25:33 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: <4E44F92F.2000004@optonline.net> Date: Fri, 12 Aug 2011 17:25:33 +0700 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Updating a Standalone From: Pandu Poluan To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - svr-us4.tirtonadi.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - lists.gentoo.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - poluan.info X-Archives-Salt: X-Archives-Hash: b70b093d9273887fafb94cfd952243ec On Fri, Aug 12, 2011 at 17:16, Nikos Chantziaras wrote: > On 08/12/2011 12:58 PM, dhk wrote: >> >> I have a Gentoo Box that is a standalone with no internet access. =C2=A0= 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. =C2=A0Then 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. =C2=A0The 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, --=20 FdS Pandu E Poluan ~ IT Optimizer ~ =C2=A0=E2=80=A2 Blog : http://pepoluan.tumblr.com =C2=A0=E2=80=A2 Linked-In : http://id.linkedin.com/in/pepoluan