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From: Martin Vaeth <martin@mvath.de>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: emerge --sync
Date: Mon, 24 Oct 2016 15:29:24 +0000 (UTC)	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <slrno0sa6n.136.martin@lounge.imp.fu-berlin.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: CAKpSnpJuCF3224pk8PnZ8SDtx-oYPMY+sHpWkcfroW1nu=w-2A@mail.gmail.com

Jorge Almeida <jjalmeida@gmail.com> wrote:
> I want to do emerge --sync on computer A and then update computer B by
> copying /usr/portage. Is this safe?

Yes, although ...

> does emerge --sync just updates the contents of /usr/portage

portage also changes the content of /var/cache/edb, and in some
cases even of /var/db or even of binary packages, but it will
repeat the necessary steps automatically if only /usr/portage
has changed.



  reply	other threads:[~2016-10-24 15:30 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2016-10-24 15:21 [gentoo-user] emerge --sync Jorge Almeida
2016-10-24 15:29 ` Martin Vaeth [this message]
2016-10-24 15:35   ` [gentoo-user] " Jorge Almeida
2016-10-24 16:36     ` Fernando Rodriguez
2016-10-24 16:45       ` Jorge Almeida
2016-10-24 16:56         ` Rich Freeman
2016-10-24 17:44           ` Jorge Almeida
2016-10-24 18:02             ` Alarig Le Lay
2016-10-24 19:49               ` Rich Freeman
2016-10-24 20:27                 ` Alarig Le Lay
2016-10-25  4:56                   ` Miroslav Rovis
2016-10-24 21:16 ` [gentoo-user] " Håkon Alstadheim
2016-10-24 21:30 ` Dale

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