On Thu, 23 Jul 2009 08:54:19 +0200 (CEST), Helmut Jarausch wrote: > Is it possible to clone this running Gentoo system, essentially > overwrite > /var/lib/portage/world > with the larger version of the old hardware except some 64bit related > packages and then run > emerge --keep-going -j4 -1 --ask --update --newuse --deep @system @world > on the new machine. > > Or are the any snags?
Only one, portage will barf when you have a world file containing uninstalled packages. Copy the world file from the other machine somewhere other than /var/lib/portage and run emerge -n $(cat /path/to/otherworld) -- Neil Bothwick Those are my principles. If you don't like them I have others.
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