* On Jun 13 16:42, Qian Qiao (gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org) wrote: > As the title suggested, I've got a box with very limited disk space, > is it possible to sync only the packages currently installed and their > dependencies with the portage tree and leave out the rest?
I'll assume you're clearing out /usr/portage/distfiles, which you don't really need once things are installed. As for your suggestion, I don't think it's possible, but you can set the following in /etc/make.conf - RSYNC_EXCLUDEFROM=/etc/portage/rsync_excludes Then, use /etc/portage/rsync_excludes to list top-level categories that you don't want rsync to get. For example, my file is the following: app-emacs app-i18n app-laptop app-xemacs dev-ada games-kids gnustep-apps gnustep-base gnustep-libs media-radio media-tv net-wireless sys-cluster I don't use any of those, and they don't contain deps of anything I do use, so I don't see the purpose of wasting everyone's bandwidth. (Actually, the list could probably use a few additions, I haven't touched it in around a year.) Tom
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