From: "Joshua Murphy" <poisonbl@gmail.com>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] more than one package directory ?
Date: Thu, 30 Oct 2008 10:47:00 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <c30988c30810300747k5fbedd49x389df195a4694c11@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <tkrat.124181120c5b60ce@igpm.rwth-aachen.de>
On Thu, Oct 30, 2008 at 4:25 AM, Helmut Jarausch
<jarausch@igpm.rwth-aachen.de> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'd like to use more than one package directory, e.g.
> /usr/portage/packages plus plus all stuff on a DVD.
>
> Is there a Gentoo specific way to do so or
> do I need an overlay file system like aufs ?
>
> Many thanks for a hint,
>
> Helmut Jarausch
>
> Lehrstuhl fuer Numerische Mathematik
> RWTH - Aachen University
> D 52056 Aachen, Germany
You could set the package directory manually when you need the dvd's
repository, such as:
PKGDIR="/mnt/dvd/packages" emerge --usepkg mozilla-firefox
Based on how portage uses the variable, I'm pretty sure you can't use
more than one simultaneously.
--
Poison [BLX]
Joshua M. Murphy
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2008-10-30 14:47 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2008-10-30 8:25 [gentoo-user] more than one package directory ? Helmut Jarausch
2008-10-30 14:47 ` Joshua Murphy [this message]
2008-10-30 17:27 ` Neil Bothwick
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