On Fri, 26 Aug 2005 09:03:49 -0700, Kevin O'Gorman wrote: > There is much here I don't understand. Isn't it possible for someone > who actually > got one of the missing ebuilds to re-build an ebuild and pass it > around? For instance, > I seem to have > > linux-2.6.11-gentoo-r11 > linux-2.6.11.11 > linux-2.6.12-gentoo-r4 > linux-2.6.12-gentoo-r6 > linux-2.6.12-gentoo-r9 > linux-2.6.7-gentoo-r11 > linux-2.6.7-win4lin-r2 > linux-2.6.7-win4lin-r5 > > Isn't it possible to package one of these and share it? (Provided > anyone would trust me not to be malicious).
You already have the ebuild if it is installed, in /var/db/pkg. Portage needs to keep the ebuilds of installed packages in order to uninstall them. There is an area on the Gentoo CVS server that hold old ebuilds removed from portage. -- Neil Bothwick Everything else being equal, fat people use more soap.
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