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Date: Mon, 5 Sep 2005 09:20:39 +1000
From: Justin Kelly <linuxppc@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] gentoo extras cd
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Thanks all for the replies,
I'll have a look at getdelta, I was more after something like where
for Debian you can get the 12CD/4DVD set and just apt-get the packages
locally.
re Nick, just get a whole lot of binary packages on CD/DVD is what im aft=
er.
Cheers
Justin Kelly
> Nick Rout =09
><nick@rout.co.nz>=20
>you are mixing two issues here - do you want to download sources faster
>and still compile them yourself, or just get binary packages?
On 9/4/05, Uwe Thiem <uwix@iway.na> wrote:
> On 02 September 2005 23:44, Fernando Canizo wrote:
> > El 01/sep/2005 a las 22:51 -0300, Justin me dec=EDa:
> > > Hi All,
> > >
> > > Ive been using Gentoo PPC for a while, and as a dial-up user find t=
o
> > > difficult to download all the packages i want(just takes to long), =
is
> > > there anything like the Packages CD but more :)
> > >
> > > Does anyone know if a 3rd party/or gentoo provides such a thing? I
> > > don't mind paying for such a CD/DVD.
> >
> > No, don't know, but in the meantime you can use 'getdelta' (emerge
> > getdelta). I know a couple of dialup users that were very satisfied
> > with this.
>=20
> I concur. It usually speeds things up.
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> Uwe
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