Re: [gentoo-user] /usr/portage query
I don't think so. emerge sync or rsync should work, cause it rebuilds the portage tree anyway. Only one way to find out, do it. I would delete my tree and rebuild it, but lucky for me I am not at home to try it. :) Think you just need to rsync again. On Sat, 31 May 2003 15:49:02 +1200 Tom Eastman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Just a quick question... if, by some chance, the entire /usr/portage directory is deleted, is an 'emerge sync' still enough to restore it? Or are there other files in there that emerge depends on. Obviously you'd lose your distfiles/ cache, but is there anything else in there that a deletion would cause serious problems for? Tom -- Tom Eastman [EMAIL PROTECTED] GnuPG Key: 42128603 Fingerprint: 6AF7 BB45 ABEE 9A33 9F9C AB77 105E E6A5 4212 8603 -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list TEXTAREA NAME=Signature ROWS=4 COLS=60 -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] /usr/portage query
On Sat, 31 May 2003 17:13, DAVID wrote: I don't think so. emerge sync or rsync should work, cause it rebuilds the portage tree anyway. Only one way to find out, do it. I would delete my tree and rebuild it, but lucky for me I am not at home to try it. :) Think you just need to rsync again. Luckily it's just a hypothetical question... I haven't accidentally deleted it or anything. The reason I ask is, I'm wondering if it's safe to 'chattr +d /usr/portage' to prevent the portage directory being backed up on my daily backup scripts... it would save a fair amount of space... I just want to make sure that it's still easy to recover from if I do so. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] /usr/portage query
On Sat, 2003-05-31 at 04:49, Tom Eastman wrote: Just a quick question... if, by some chance, the entire /usr/portage directory is deleted, is an 'emerge sync' still enough to restore it? Or are there other files in there that emerge depends on. Yes. There is the world file so you would need to run 'regenworld'. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] /usr/portage query
That was the thing I was looking for 'regenworld'. Forgot about that command, even though used it before. I just generally use it though when portage sometimes loses track of some of the packages I have installed. Would think you could test it by renaming the portage directory to something else. Then see if it will recreate it. Don't think there is any hard link that would prevent you from just renaming it back to portage if regenerating it failed. On 31 May 2003 08:11:48 +0100 Dhruba Bandopadhyay [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sat, 2003-05-31 at 04:49, Tom Eastman wrote: Just a quick question... if, by some chance, the entire /usr/portage directory is deleted, is an 'emerge sync' still enough to restore it? Or are there other files in there that emerge depends on. Yes. There is the world file so you would need to run 'regenworld'. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list TEXTAREA NAME=Signature ROWS=4 COLS=60 -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] /usr/portage query
On 31 May 2003 08:11:48 +0100 Dhruba Bandopadhyay [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sat, 2003-05-31 at 04:49, Tom Eastman wrote: Just a quick question... if, by some chance, the entire /usr/portage directory is deleted, is an 'emerge sync' still enough to restore it? Or are there other files in there that emerge depends on. Yes. There is the world file so you would need to run 'regenworld'. ?? Isn't the world-file in /var/cache/edb/ ? I'm not home so I can't check it. I believe emerge sync is enough, but you can always try: mv /usr/portage /usr/portage_bup -- janne So act that your principle of action might safely be made a law for the whole world. - Immanuel Kant -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
