On 01/30/2010 10:11 AM, Duncan wrote: > Thanks. I knew the PORTAGE_BINHOST and --config-root bits, but hadn't > thought about the tree not being needed, save for the profiles. I > recently setup a netbook based on a Gentoo image compiled elsewhere, and > while it's now functional, I'm still tweaking stuff, including the portage > arrangement. That I don't need the entire gentoo tree for emerging > binpkgs is thus quite interesting new information at this point. =:^) > > Does that happen to be documented anywhere? I'd not seen it before.
No, not really. The binhost support was updated in portage-2.1.6, with support for the $PKGDIR/Packages file. Since then it's a lot more appealing. -- Thanks, Zac
