On Sat, 27 Feb 2021 08:59:08 +, Michael wrote:
> > That's right, the source files are in $DISTDIR, unless you have
> > cleaned it. /var/db/pkg contains all the information portage needs
> > about the installed software.
>
> $ emerge --info | grep DISTDIR
>
> will show if the source files d
On Saturday, 27 February 2021 08:34:02 GMT Neil Bothwick wrote:
> On Sat, 27 Feb 2021 00:47:04 -0700, Grant Taylor wrote:
> > The ebuild and what looks like additional metadata files are in the
> > /var/db/pkg directory tree. But the source files aren't in the tree.
> > At least not for the exampl
On Sat, 27 Feb 2021 00:47:04 -0700, Grant Taylor wrote:
> The ebuild and what looks like additional metadata files are in the
> /var/db/pkg directory tree. But the source files aren't in the tree.
> At least not for the example package I looked at.
That's right, the source files are in $DISTDI
On 2/26/21 11:55 PM, Arve Barsnes wrote:
I'm not sure what you're saying here, but the ebuild files of the
installed packages are in /var/db/pkg
Hum.
Today I Learned...
The ebuild and what looks like additional metadata files are in the
/var/db/pkg directory tree. But the source files aren'
On Fri, 26 Feb 2021 at 23:30, Grant Taylor
wrote:
> > If the packages are installed, the ebuilds are in var/db/pkg.
>
> The package (distribution files) for the version that is installed are
> in distfiles. But that does little for an ebuild that's looking for a
> newer version that's no longer o
On 2/26/21 12:50 PM, Neil Bothwick wrote:
Ah yes, I hadn't thought about the mirrors being too up to date.
There's also issue with older packages being installed. E.g. I have an
older kernel source (4.14.127) that I'm keeping around for various
reasons. I've found that the Gentoo repo / por
On Fri, 26 Feb 2021 11:44:12 -0700, Grant Taylor wrote:
> I have run into a few problems where emerge can't download files. So
> I'm finding them online, downloading them, and saving them to
> /usr/portage/distfiles.
Ah yes, I hadn't thought about the mirrors being too up to date.
> I have h
On 2/25/21 5:31 PM, Grant Taylor wrote:
10 have git switch to the next day
20 emerge -aDUN @world
30 assess / deal with masked packages
40 goto 10
It /looks/ like things are working.
This method is working.
I have managed to successfully update from 2020-03-24 to 2020-05-29 in
one day increm
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