On 2015-01-04 13:19, Helmut Jarausch wrote:
Hi,
I discovered that the file /var/lib/portage/world
contains only a few lines where it contained hundreds of files
before.
Has the information previously kept in this file been moved to
some other place (database?)?
Many thanks for a hint,
Helmut
On Sun, Jan 04, 2015 at 01:19:03PM +0100, Helmut Jarausch wrote:
> Hi,
> I discovered that the file /var/lib/portage/world
> contains only a few lines where it contained hundreds of files
> before.
As far as I’m aware, if you say `emerge foo`, then "foo" is added to that
file. But a long time ago
Hi,
I discovered that the file /var/lib/portage/world
contains only a few lines where it contained hundreds of files
before.
Has the information previously kept in this file been moved to
some other place (database?)?
Many thanks for a hint,
Helmut
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On Thu, 13 Jul 2006 21:06:18 +0200 (CEST)
Meino Christian Cramer wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I want to remove some files from the /var/lib/portage/World-file.
> Do I have to _remove_ the according entry or is it sufficient to
> comment it out with "#" or "//" or
>
> Thank you very much for
Hi,
I want to remove some files from the /var/lib/portage/World-file.
Do I have to _remove_ the according entry or is it sufficient to
comment it out with "#" or "//" or
Thank you very much for any help in advance !
Keep hacking and have a nice weekend!
mcc
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On Thu, Jan 05, 2006 at 06:39:33PM +, James wrote
> Hello,
>
> Some time ago, I copied a world file (/var/lib/portage/world)
> from a system with lots of installed software to a 'clone'
> system newly installed with gentoo
>
> Now 'emaint --check world' suggests that not all of those pack
Trenton Adams wrote:
I've never specified -p, so I think it must be default, because I
always have permissions preserved when I use tar. Perhaps this is a
GNU tar default setting?
I believe it may be a default for root, but would put it in anyway to be
safe.
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I've never specified -p, so I think it must be default, because I
always have permissions preserved when I use tar. Perhaps this is a
GNU tar default setting?
On 1/6/06, Harald Arnesen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Trenton Adams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > I just boot with a gentoo CD, tar u
Trenton Adams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I just boot with a gentoo CD, tar up my entire system, and untar it on
> the new system. If your new system boots with the gentoo CD as well,
> then you can pipe this over ssh. Something like the following...
>
>
> cd /mnt/gentoo
> tar -cz ./ | ssh [EM
On Thu, 5 Jan 2006 18:39:33 + (UTC), James wrote:
> Any better ideas on how to duplicate gentoo systems,
> with the installed list of ebuilds matching?
cat /var/lib/portage/world | xargs emerge -uvp
cat /var/lib/portage/world | xargs emerge -uv
will ensure that everything in the world file i
I just boot with a gentoo CD, tar up my entire system, and untar it on
the new system. If your new system boots with the gentoo CD as well,
then you can pipe this over ssh. Something like the following...
cd /mnt/gentoo
tar -cz ./ | ssh [EMAIL PROTECTED] 'cd /mnt/gentoo; tar -xz'
I personally
On Thu, 2006-01-05 at 18:39 +, James wrote:
> Any better ideas on how to duplicate gentoo systems,
> with the installed list of ebuilds matching?
>
> thoughts and ideas?
To get a good list of all packages on your system use qlist (emerge
portage-utils).
# qlist -ICv |sed -e 's:^:=:' > portag
Hello,
Some time ago, I copied a world file (/var/lib/portage/world)
from a system with lots of installed software to a 'clone'
system newly installed with gentoo
Now 'emaint --check world' suggests that not all of those packages have
been installed. (Busted). I was not responsible enough to
James wrote:
Hello,
Some time ago, I copied a world file (/var/lib/portage/world)
from a system with lots of installed software to a 'clone'
system newly installed with gentoo
Now 'emaint --check world' suggests that not all of those packages have
been installed. (Busted). I was not respon
Michael W. Holdeman wrote:
OK since there are world file experts out there..
A while back I was playing around with cvs and svn versions of kde, long story
short they are there anymore, and as far as I can tell the files are gone,
but portage thinks they are still there which really screws up
OK since there are world file experts out there..
A while back I was playing around with cvs and svn versions of kde, long story
short they are there anymore, and as far as I can tell the files are gone,
but portage thinks they are still there which really screws up my
revdep-rebuild and emerg
On Saturday 26 November 2005 17:37, Jeff Grossman wrote:
> I was reading a different thread about the world file does not
> necessarily contain all of the programs installed, if they are
> installed from a dependency. Is there a way to see what programs are
> installed on the machine which are not
Jeff Grossman wrote:
I was reading a different thread about the world file does not
necessarily contain all of the programs installed, if they are
installed from a dependency. Is there a way to see what programs are
installed on the machine which are not in the world file?
Thanks,
Jeff
Sure,
Yes, /var/db/pkg will have information about every package installed (in the subdirectories).
The world file has things that you want to always be there, or you installed manually.On 11/26/05, Jeff Grossman <
[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:I was reading a different thread about the world file does not
n
I was reading a different thread about the world file does not
necessarily contain all of the programs installed, if they are
installed from a dependency. Is there a way to see what programs are
installed on the machine which are not in the world file?
Thanks,
Jeff
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On Sat, 21 May 2005, Stroller wrote:
>
> On May 18, 2005, at 3:11 am, Mark Knecht wrote:
> >
> >As per some conversations last week I've been doing a lot of clean
> > up of my world files. I've moved from a high of 235 files down to my
> > low today of onl 112.
>
> On a related note, today I t
On May 18, 2005, at 3:11 am, Mark Knecht wrote:
As per some conversations last week I've been doing a lot of clean
up of my world files. I've moved from a high of 235 files down to my
low today of onl 112.
On a related note, today I took a glance at the world file on a laptop
I installed
On 5/17/05, Ciaran McCreesh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Tue, 17 May 2005 19:34:12 -0700 Mark Knecht <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> wrote:
> | Great. vim is already installed so I'll can do an emerge -C vi from
> | the command line and then just edit /var/lib/portage/world by hand to
> | remove the vi li
On Tue, 17 May 2005 19:34:12 -0700 Mark Knecht <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
| Great. vim is already installed so I'll can do an emerge -C vi from
| the command line and then just edit /var/lib/portage/world by hand to
| remove the vi line? Currently in world:
|
| app-editors/vi
| app-editors/vim
|
|
On 5/17/05, Ciaran McCreesh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Tue, 17 May 2005 19:11:27 -0700 Mark Knecht <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> wrote:
> | !!! Trying to unmerge package(s) in system profile. 'app-editors/vi'
> | !!! This could be damaging to your system.
>
> You're seeing that because vi is PROVIDEi
On Tue, 17 May 2005 19:11:27 -0700 Mark Knecht <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
| !!! Trying to unmerge package(s) in system profile. 'app-editors/vi'
| !!! This could be damaging to your system.
You're seeing that because vi is PROVIDEing virtual/editor, which is
required by system. You're safe to igno
Hi,
As per some conversations last week I've been doing a lot of clean
up of my world files. I've moved from a high of 235 files down to my
low today of onl 112. However I ran into one problem. My world file
has both vi and vim. vi is no longer in portage but the system doesn't
want to let me re
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