Sybren Stuvel <sybrenUSE@YOURthirdtower.com.imagination> wrote in
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> Then Admin just turns on the portage server and syncs the whole tree.
>

....and what about packages? several hours of compiling EVERYTHING again?



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MikeyD <m_donaghy50@hotmail.com> wrote in news:41c09322$0$78005$ed2619ec@ptn-
nntp-reader01.plus.net:

> Why not just leave the sender computer switched on?

That's the core question indeed,
I just asked to ASSUME such a situation...


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"Arthur Zapparoli" <arthurzap@gmail.com> wrote in
news:1103194336.586270.242820@f14g2000cwb.googlegr oups.com:

> Why don't you make an script to rsync between computer admin and
> "computer a" ?

But, please, concentrate on packages now


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Ben Measures <saint_abroadremove@removehotmail.com> wrote in
news:1ZFvd.37112$up1.21157@text.news.blueyonder.co .uk:

> Take a step back and ask yourself what you really want to do.

Ok, just answer me please if '/usr/portage/packages' can be mounted to a
partition formatted as fat32 ?
I know about symlinks in that directory but are they vital/necessary for
command "emerge -K blah-blah" to work?

That is, if there is directory '/usr/portage/packages/All' with *.tbz2 files,
without sofware-categories directories with those symlinks, will 'emerge -K'
do its job?

If not, maybe thre is some simple remedy to this problem, some simple
fix/hack - it looks like a minor problem

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S wrote:
> "Arthur Zapparoli" wrote:
>
>>Why don't you make an script to rsync between computer admin and
>>"computer a" ?
>
> But, please, concentrate on packages now

This flippin' *is* about packages (and distfiles)!!!

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S wrote:
> Ben Measures wrote:
>
>>Take a step back and ask yourself what you really want to do.
>
> Ok, just answer me please if '/usr/portage/packages' can be mounted to a
> partition formatted as fat32 ?

You do not want to do this. Take a step back, look at the big picture.

Let's say you have X number of computers, each of which has 3 states:
S1. Off
S2. Windows
S3. Linux

You want to avoid compiling the same package more than once. Thus, after
a compile is finished, you need to distribute it to the other computers.

Solution:
1. Setup samba on the computer with the compiled package.
2. a. Access the network share from the other computers (Windows /and/
Linux).
b. If the computer is off, boot it in Linux.
3. Transfer the files.
4. (Optional) If the computer was in Windows when the files were
transfered then:
a. mount the Windows NTFS ro.
b. copy the files to the correct place.


I don't know why you rejected the Samba suggestion so readily before,
though it looks like it was because you were so fixated on FAT32.

I'm done now. If you don't accept even the simplest of answers you don't
deserve my time.

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Ben M.

S enlightened us with:
> ...and what about packages? several hours of compiling EVERYTHING
> again?

They are part of the portage tree, smarty.

Sybren
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The problem with the world is stupidity. Not saying there should be a
capital punishment for stupidity, but why don't we just take the
safety labels off of everything and let the problem solve itself?

Ben Measures <saint_abroadremove@removehotmail.com> wrote in
news:Gvhwd.886$Ar5.315@text.news.blueyonder.co.uk:

> 4. (Optional) If the computer was in Windows when the files were
> transfered then:
> a. mount the Windows NTFS ro.
> b. copy the files to the correct place.
>

The "4. b." was just what I wanted to avoid

Of course it was the ultimate need - exploring some peculiarities sometimes
makes fun.

But ok then, never mind ever since now.

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Sybren Stuvel <sybrenUSE@YOURthirdtower.com.imagination> wrote in
news:slrncs3a1i.fpp.sybrenUSE@sybren.thirdtower.co m:

> They are part of the portage tree, smarty.

You must be talking about something else.
I meant binary-compiled-package called:
something.tbz2'
that will reside in the directory:
/usr/portage/packages/All
after you emerge something with the command:
emerge -b something

Is that exactly what you wanted to tell me?

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S enlightened us with:
> I meant binary-compiled-package called:
> something.tbz2'
> that will reside in the directory:
> /usr/portage/packages/All

So they are in the subdirectory tree contained in /usr/portage.

> Is that exactly what you wanted to tell me?

Yes. Just use NFS to mount the portage tree from the server, and
emerge all you want on the clients.

Sybren
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The problem with the world is stupidity. Not saying there should be a
capital punishment for stupidity, but why don't we just take the
safety labels off of everything and let the problem solve itself?