On Tue, 2007-05-22 at 13:06 +0900, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Ok, Here goes... > > > How large is the package archive for gentoo, assuming a full copy of > the portage tree, and all of the source tarballs in the distfiles > directory of the average server?
all of the distfiles? about 7 or 8 Gb I seem to recall reading on the handbook... > Would it be possible to draw down the whole archive all in one shot > using wget or similar, dump it all into a directory on the hard drive, > and direct portage there for the distribution files? yes, of course, but what for? If you just want an "offline" installation, you can use -f to emerge which will download (fetch) only. or if you want to download on one machine, and transfer the files via disk or something to another machine, use -fp to get the list of files to download. of course, neither of these methods cover the fact that you might not know exactly everything you want to install... HTH, -- Iain Buchanan <iaindb at netspace dot net dot au> His honour rooted in dishonour stood, And faith unfaithful kept him falsely true. -Alfred Lord Tennyson -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
