From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([69.77.167.62] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1KvYnf-0005h3-7y for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Thu, 30 Oct 2008 14:47:04 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 2C08FE0285; Thu, 30 Oct 2008 14:47:02 +0000 (UTC) Received: from wa-out-1112.google.com (wa-out-1112.google.com [209.85.146.179]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F414CE0285 for ; Thu, 30 Oct 2008 14:47:01 +0000 (UTC) Received: by wa-out-1112.google.com with SMTP id v33so332995wah.2 for ; Thu, 30 Oct 2008 07:47:00 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to :subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type :content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; bh=1tKZGN6+FXllJr3Lspawn0Z9Boco5jmZzVTmRNJs0Hw=; b=iHLcIgPlSZxFUIbVycqarbG+6uSfzbyYR2PNd4/6vmOiNyaCBlj4aFKDHMDPG8LpVq aC2ao2cEOQK5/zIZoChmqnCRglcBWiomESuP7HWFTeGJNO0J/rVbqgFW+ax++SDxikjU qNBfcAu6xvHowxzqvy1djD2L77kgQgw8r77io= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version :content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition :references; b=K1GI9Vs1yTbE9FK3y/ShqzPv31VyIgFewd6ZBfzIzhDafJYPpP/O5CwA7LrsIAud3B Q5R63IOI1Pj351hBDbzgRqHNy9B6H0/HTY2CvNCwPE928kqkBHgxFVg0GyeqSvpBhRHB Zpym/9X8JcERWhk9d3ZX8+djBbd9n+FN/ADHY= Received: by 10.114.137.16 with SMTP id k16mr8508116wad.83.1225378020340; Thu, 30 Oct 2008 07:47:00 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.114.145.19 with HTTP; Thu, 30 Oct 2008 07:47:00 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: Date: Thu, 30 Oct 2008 10:47:00 -0400 From: "Joshua Murphy" To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] more than one package directory ? In-Reply-To: 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 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: X-Archives-Salt: b0d59d7e-e989-417d-8110-434e5c043a15 X-Archives-Hash: 357db00e5ba72bdc8563a644868d56bd On Thu, Oct 30, 2008 at 4:25 AM, Helmut Jarausch 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