Helmut Jarausch wrote: > On 30 Oct, András Csányi wrote: > >> 2008/10/30 Helmut Jarausch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >> >>> Hi, >>> >>> I have a (nearly) identical Gentoo system on several machines. >>> On all machines except one, there is a directory >>> >>> /usr/portage/packages/All >>> >>> which contains symlinks to the packages in the specific >>> directories. This is quite comfortable when copying the >>> most recent packages. >>> >>> How can I set up GenToo to create and maintain this directory? >>> >> If you set up in the /etc/make.conf file the FEATURES="buildpkg" the >> portage will maintain the /usr/portage/packages/All directory >> automatically. >> > > Unfortunately this is not the case here. > The packages are built but no 'All' subdirectory is created nor > maintained. > >
I'm not sure you are correct in this. I have this set up in my make.conf and it takes care of the All/ directory on this system and has done so for about 5 or 6 years now. It works. My settings: FEATURES="buildsyspkg sandbox fixpackages " Mine only keeps system packages but it can be set up several different ways. Dale
