On Thu, Jan 05, 2006 at 06:39:33PM +0000, James wrote > Hello, > > Some time ago, I copied a world file (/var/lib/portage/world) > from a system with lots of installed software to a 'clone' > system newly installed with gentoo.... > > Now 'emaint --check world' suggests that not all of those packages have > been installed. (Busted). I was not responsible enough to verify > that the clone was 100% similar with the identical ebuilds. > I thought I had found a way to duplicate the installed software, > merely by copying the world file from another system.
I don't know if it's generally possible, because there are so many ways to get from-here-to-there. The following is my *ENTIRE* world file. Yes, I'm running Blackbox WM on X. Three guesses on how I managed to do this. [m3000][root][~] cat /var/lib/portage/world media-sound/alsa-utils media-sound/mpg123 sys-fs/reiserfsprogs app-text/xpdf net-misc/urlview sys-kernel/linux-headers sys-boot/lilo media-gfx/gimp app-office/gnumeric app-admin/sudo net-misc/rdate net-analyzer/traceroute x11-misc/fbpanel app-admin/syslog-ng media-video/mplayer media-sound/xmms x11-misc/bbkeys media-gfx/gqview app-office/abiword sys-process/dcron net-dialup/pppconfig net-mail/getmail mail-client/mutt net-nntp/slrn net-misc/whois media-video/realplayer sys-libs/glibc www-client/mozilla-firefox app-editors/nano app-arch/gzip sys-kernel/gentoo-sources app-admin/logrotate sys-devel/gettext net-firewall/iptables app-portage/gentoolkit mail-filter/procmail app-editors/vim app-misc/mc -- Walter Dnes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> In linux /sbin/init is Job #1 My musings on technology and security at http://tech_sec.blog.ca -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
