> -----Original Message----- > From: Hemmann, Volker Armin > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, May 22, 2007 3:34 PM > To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org > Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] A Theoretical install Question > > > On Dienstag, 22. Mai 2007, [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? > > dunno, but huge. <snip> > you will waste a lot of bandwidth and diskspace. The mirror > might hate you for > it. You will have lots and lots of packages like packageX.1.1, > packageX.1.1.0, packageX.1.1.1.... > -- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
I think that a better option may be to decide which software I want, and use emerge -ef <package> on each of the big packages to get just what I need. Maybe setting up a stage three install, with just the kernel, boot loader, and portage and using 'emerge -ef world' first might have the desired effect as far as getting the base system first. :-) That would also let me make sure that I have an up to date portage tree, and just the files I need and maybe a few more. ^^;; Does that sound better, and less likely to piss off the mirrors? :P --- Ken -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
