On Sunday 21 January 2007 16:55, Dale wrote: [SNIP] > I have buildpkg set in make.conf. It does tend to consume some > space though.
You are aware that you can use eclean from app-portage/gentoolkit to clean
binpkgs that you no longer have installed? I tend to use it with
the --destructive option.
> What is say the top ten or twelve programs that would be
> good to have in case of a rescue? I would assume portage, gcc and
> python would be pretty important. I plan to delete the rest for space.
I'd add bash and baselayout too (in addition to Boyds suggestions).
[SNIP]
> Also, what commands would a person have to use to make use of those
> buildpkg's? So far, I have not needed one. < says prayer > That
> assumes portage is what is screwed up to begin with.
# cd /
# tar -xjf ${PATH_TO_BINPKG}.tbz2
When portage is working:
# emerge -K ${PKG}
Also if you cannot boot and you have busybox installed, statically linked
adding "init=/bin/busybox" to the boot line should allow you to use busybox
to extract the tarballs. Otherwise a livecd should work.
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Bo Andresen
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