On 14 Jun, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: > On Montag 14 Juni 2010, Helmut Jarausch wrote: >> Hi, >> >> due to a disk crash I've lost my root partition. >> Unfortunately, the backup version is 4 weeks old. >> But my /usr partition is up-to-date and I have >> binary build-pkgs. >> What's the fastest way to restore the portage-relevant >> data on the root partition? >> >> Many thanks for a hint, >> Helmut. > > if /var/db survived, you can grep for /bin /lib /sbin etc in /var/db and > install the packages hit.
Thanks, but unfortunately /var was on the root partition. So, I have to emerge -k --update @world @system . Helmut.
