On Mon, 12 Jun 2006 14:06:01 -0700 "Robin H. Johnson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Mon, Jun 12, 2006 at 03:41:56PM -0500, Mike Doty wrote: > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > Molle Bestefich wrote: > > > Hi > > > > > > Portage takes up a lot of space and time when doing server > > > backups. > > > > > > How much of Portage needs to be backup up? > > > Any large parts of the tree that I can just dump? > > > > > > Thanks! > > > > > > CC appreciated :). > > anything in /usr/portage can be regenerated by syncing. /var/tmp > > can be dumped too. > > > > That should be most of the space portage takes > You should also be able to ditch /var/cache/edb/dep/ safely. > Do make sure you back up the base /var/cache/edb/ > and /var/lib/portage/ Don't forget the most important thing: /var/db/pkg. Other things worth saving are /var/log/emerge.log (serveral tools use this) and of course any portage related files in /etc. Marius -- Public Key at http://www.genone.de/info/gpg-key.pub In the beginning, there was nothing. And God said, 'Let there be Light.' And there was still nothing, but you could see a bit better.
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