* On May 25 11:45, Lord Sauron (gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org) wrote: > I've found (after much exploration) that there is a archive: > /portage-20060123.tar.bz2
This is just a remnant from when you installed Gentoo. You can delete that file. Portage is already using uncompressed files under /usr/portage - that tarball is just a "starter" tarball that portage bootstraps itself with during the initial Gentoo installation. > I also think that there's another file, /metadata.tar.bz2, which I > think is portage-related. If possible I'd like to uncompress that as > well. I've never seen a metadata tarball. metadata.xml is something portage keeps uncompressed in /usr/portage for every package. > It takes about as long to start going as it does to open the archive > /portage-20060123.tar.bz2 - conincidence? I think not! I think so ;) Tom -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
