Nick Rout wrote: > > portage knows where to download the files from, and you have told it > where the best mirrors are for you, why second guess it!
What I've made is download _only_ needed files. For this to work, I've had to remove path names (i.e. http://download.from.server.tld/path/to/filename.tgz becomes filename.tgz) > > for package in `cat packlist` ; do DISTDIR=/where/ever/i/want emerge > --nodeps -f =$package; done This assumes _both_ machines have Gentoo _and_ exactly the same USE flags. > > --nodeps will make sure that your connected host doesn't substitute its > own idea of what the deps are (perhaps based on different USE flags) In most cases, you will end with partially downloaded packages. > In other words let your network connected host choose where to download > from. My method, although not the best, works under Windows and other OSes too ;-) > > -- > Nick Rout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Best regards, Norberto -- Norberto Bensa 4544-9692 Ciudad de Buenos Aires, Argentina -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
