[gentoo-user] write 'emerge -f' to a file

2007-01-19 Thread Jens Kubieziel
Hi, a friend of mine wants to use Gentoo, but has a poor internet connection. We are thinking about a convenient way to get packages. We thought about redefining $FETCHCOMMAND to something like 'FETCHCOMMAND="echo ${URI} package.file'. But that (and also other tries) did not work. What is the b

Re: [gentoo-user] write 'emerge -f' to a file

2007-01-19 Thread Etaoin Shrdlu
On Friday 19 January 2007 17:18, Jens Kubieziel wrote: > Hi, > > a friend of mine wants to use Gentoo, but has a poor internet > connection. We are thinking about a convenient way to get packages. We > thought about redefining $FETCHCOMMAND to something like > 'FETCHCOMMAND="echo ${URI} > > > pack

Re: [gentoo-user] write 'emerge -f' to a file

2007-01-19 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Friday 19 January 2007 18:18, Jens Kubieziel wrote: > Hi, > > a friend of mine wants to use Gentoo, but has a poor internet > connection. We are thinking about a convenient way to get packages. > We thought about redefining $FETCHCOMMAND to something like > 'FETCHCOMMAND="echo ${URI} > > > packa

Re: [gentoo-user] write 'emerge -f' to a file

2007-01-19 Thread Daniel da Veiga
On 1/19/07, Jens Kubieziel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi, a friend of mine wants to use Gentoo, but has a poor internet connection. We are thinking about a convenient way to get packages. We thought about redefining $FETCHCOMMAND to something like 'FETCHCOMMAND="echo ${URI} > package.file'. But

Re: [gentoo-user] write 'emerge -f' to a file

2007-01-19 Thread Avaricen
Daniel da Veiga wrote: On 1/19/07, Jens Kubieziel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi, a friend of mine wants to use Gentoo, but has a poor internet connection. We are thinking about a convenient way to get packages. We thought about redefining $FETCHCOMMAND to something like 'FETCHCOMMAND="echo ${

Re: [gentoo-user] write 'emerge -f' to a file

2007-01-19 Thread Jens Kubieziel
2007/1/19, Etaoin Shrdlu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: Not sure of what you mean, isn't that something that can be constructed massaging the output of emerge -fp ? Well, I actually never tried emerge -f with the -p-option. But it works like charm. Thanks a lot. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] write 'emerge -f' to a file

2007-01-19 Thread Jens Kubieziel
2007/1/19, Daniel da Veiga <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: http://gentoo-wiki.com/TIP_Downloading_distfiles_on_another_machine There are more tips regarding this at the Wiki, check Google too... As I wrote in my other answer it works. Thanks for your hints. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list