On Sat, 2018-11-17 at 14:05 +0000, Roy Bamford wrote: > On 2018.11.17 11:21, Michał Górny wrote: > > Hi, > > > > Here's a pre-GLEP draft based on the earlier discussion on gentoo- > > portage-dev mailing list. The specification uses GLEP form as it > > provides for cleanly specifying the motivation and rationale. > > > > [snip glep proposal] > > -- > > Best regards, > > Michał Górny > > > > Team, > > One of the attractions of the existing format is that > tar xf /path/to/tarball -C /mnt/gentoo > works to fix things like glibc being removed and other > missing essential portage components. > > In effect, each binary package can be treated as a > single package stage3 when a user needs a get out of jail > free card. > > Does this proposal allow for installing the payload without > the use of the Gentoo package manager from some random > distro being used as a rescue media?
Yes, and it can also be done via one-liner, though it's going to be more complex than before, e.g.: tar -xOf mypackage-1.gpkg.tar mypackage-1/image.tar.lz | tar --lzip -x -C /mnt/gentoo --strip-components 1 Though I wouldn't recommend using it but instead unpacking it normally and inspecting the contents first. -- Best regards, Michał Górny
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