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From: Drew <drew.kay@gmail.com>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Is it possible to download packages from Windows XP?
Date: Sun, 18 Feb 2007 10:16:16 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <c268e4660702181016t69f59ae2vda5e4aa41ece6d5b@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <45D7EB38.20606@exceedtech.net>

>  One way to get a known mirror is to do this command:  emerge -fp <package
> name>  It will give you a list of mirrors that should have the file and the
> address for it too.

That assumes he has the information about the mirror/package stored
locally. I think he's asking because his wireless card doesn't work
under gentoo but does under XP, so non-local data is impossible to
snag. ;-)


-Drew
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  reply	other threads:[~2007-02-18 18:21 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2007-02-18  4:24 [gentoo-user] Is it possible to download packages from Windows XP? Richard Watson
2007-02-18  4:54 ` Dale
2007-02-18  5:22   ` Richard Watson
2007-02-18  5:39     ` Richard Watson
2007-02-18  5:49     ` [gentoo-user] " »Q«
2007-02-18  5:59     ` [gentoo-user] " Dale
2007-02-18 18:16       ` Drew [this message]
2007-02-18 19:17         ` Dale

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