Am Freitag, 14. Januar 2005 12:21 schrieb ext Frank Schafer: > Is there a possibility to emerge a package without rsync? Yes, just do it. rsync only updates the portage tree, it doesn't touch any package installed on your system. You may not get the latest version of a package if your portage tree is not up to date.
> There should be a way to save a package to /usr/portage/distfiles via > (say) ftp and use this instead of downloading it during emerge. Again, just do it. Or use emerge -f. > If I get it right this is possible only for binary packages. I've tied > this last week when there was the problems with CUPS. I ftp-ed the > needed package to /usr/portage/distfiles and ... > > emerge > > ... started a new (unsuccessful) download. Should only happen if the checksum doesn't match or the download was incomplete (or you simply downloaded the wrong file). > I'm behind a firewall at work. Just now I use to write down the package > and emerge it after work at home. Sometimes I can't wait to tomorrow. Try setting http_proxy and ftp_proxy to something like "http://<ip-address>:<port>". If this works, you can also update the portage tree via "emerge-webrsync" (there really is no space). HTH... Dirk -- Dirk Heinrichs | Tel: +49 (0)151 1513 6954 Configuration Manager | Fax: +49 (0)211 47068 111 Capgemini Deutschland | Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hambornerstra�e 55 | Web: http://www.capgemini.com D-40472 D�sseldorf | ICQ#: 110037733 GPG Public Key C2E467BB | Keyserver: www.keyserver.net
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