hi all,

i installed gentoo in january this year on my box and i'm very happy with
it. because i don't have internet access at home i still have portage
dating january the 18th or about.

is there an easy way to update portage without internet access??

when i need to install a new package i do a:

emerge --fetchonly --pretend --verbose <packagename>

and download the necessary files at work. that's no problem, but how to
do that with portage?

one idea would be to download the portage-snapshot and simply untar it on
my box.

would this be a propper way ?? don't want to kill anything on my box


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hot_rage

hot_rage wrote:

> i installed gentoo in january this year on my box and i'm very happy
> with it. because i don't have internet access at home i still have
> portage dating january the 18th or about.
>
> is there an easy way to update portage without internet access??
>
> when i need to install a new package i do a:
>
> emerge --fetchonly --pretend --verbose <packagename>
>
> and download the necessary files at work. that's no problem, but how
> to do that with portage?
>
> one idea would be to download the portage-snapshot and simply untar it
> on my box.
>
> would this be a propper way ?? don't want to kill anything on my box

Taking a look at /usr/sbin/emerge-webrsync provides some hints to the
proper procedure. This is what it basically does:

1. Download portage snapshot somewhere temporary.
2. Untar that snapshot (still in temporary location).
3. 'cd' to temporary portage.
4. Run sync: rsync -av --progress --stats --delete --delete-after \
--exclude='/distfiles' --exclude='/packages' --exclude='/local' . \
/usr/portage/
5. 'rm' the temporary portage directory and the portage snapshot.
6. Run 'emerge metadata'

Using rsync like this is preferred, as it will delete old files, while
protecting non-portage stuff. 'emerge metadata' is also very important,
as it will not only upgrade the portage cache (to make dependency
calculations faster), but also do the package name/slot upgrades, which
are vital to keeping a working Gentoo system.

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PeKaJe

Reader, suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of
Congress. But I repeat myself. -- Mark Twain

Peter Jensen <usenet@pekajemaps.homeip.net> wrote in news:42aeda2a$0$167
$edfadb0f@dtext01.news.tele.dk:

> Taking a look at /usr/sbin/emerge-webrsync provides some hints to the
> proper procedure. This is what it basically does:
>
> 1. Download portage snapshot somewhere temporary.
> 2. Untar that snapshot (still in temporary location).
> 3. 'cd' to temporary portage.
> 4. Run sync: rsync -av --progress --stats --delete --delete-after \
> --exclude='/distfiles' --exclude='/packages' --exclude='/local' . \
> /usr/portage/
> 5. 'rm' the temporary portage directory and the portage snapshot.
> 6. Run 'emerge metadata'
>
> Using rsync like this is preferred, as it will delete old files, while
> protecting non-portage stuff. 'emerge metadata' is also very important,
> as it will not only upgrade the portage cache (to make dependency
> calculations faster), but also do the package name/slot upgrades, which
> are vital to keeping a working Gentoo system.
>

thank you peter for your answer. i will try this procedure as you told me.

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hot_rage