On 08/12/2011 06:25 AM, Pandu Poluan wrote: > On Fri, Aug 12, 2011 at 17:16, Nikos Chantziaras <rea...@arcor.de> wrote: >> On 08/12/2011 12:58 PM, dhk wrote: >>> >>> I have a Gentoo Box that is a standalone with no internet access. Is >>> there a way I can update it by using my laptop? >>> >>> It would be nice to be able to sync a copy of my world list on my laptop >>> without clobbering my laptop's world list. Then do a fetch for the >>> standalone world and when on the console pf the standalone do the update >>> to the fetched packages on the laptop. The idea is not to have the >>> laptop as an image of the standalone, but as a server to sync to while >>> keeping the laptop's world separate. >> >> Er, can't you just give the box Internet access by using the laptop's >> connection? >> > > Agree with Nikos. > > Another (ultra-roundabout) way: > > * Get portage-latest.tar.xz > * Untar to your standalone system > * emerge -puf @world > * Get the files on an Internet-connected system > * Put the files on the standalone's portage DISTDIR > * emerge -au @world > > DISCLAIMER: Not tested :-) > > Rgds,
There's no Internet access where the standalone is, it's remote, when I go with the laptop the laptop doesn't have Internet access either. I didn't really want to tar or burn stuff to disk. I think I'd like to just be able --sync the laptop for itself and then have the ability to do another sync for the standalone. Of coarse the second sync for the standalone wouldn't install anything. Then when I travel to the standalone I'd like to do any "emerge -uDNp world" to the laptop which would most likely be the setting in the make.conf on the standalone. Thanks
