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Hi!

So im wondering, and i have not really done any research, if this has been up on discussion before..
but, wouldnt it be a pretty neat thing to do, to make "emerge --sync" do a diff on your /usr/portage compared to the remote repository.


Then, just merge the differences.

Would obviously make alot of sense, if you do, say, daily emerge --sync's.
(so you could like check if the diff became more than X lines, then just clear /usr/portage (as it does today))


Sounds like a good idea, in my head, atleast...

Best regards
/N

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On Thu, Dec 13, 2007 at 02:07:07PM +0100, smurfd wrote:
> Hi!
>
> i have not really done any research

This is a very good moment to do so.

- ferdy

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On 12/13/07, smurfd <smurfd@gmail.com> wrote:
So im wondering, and i have not really done any research, if this has been up on discussion before..
but, wouldnt it be a pretty neat thing to do, to make "emerge --sync" do a diff on your /usr/portage compared to the remote repository.


Then, just merge the differences.
emerge-delta-webrsync

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On Thu, Dec 13, 2007 at 02:07:07PM +0100, smurfd wrote:
> So im wondering, and i have not really done any research, if this has been
> up on discussion before..
> but, wouldnt it be a pretty neat thing to do, to make "emerge --sync" do a
> diff on your /usr/portage compared to the remote repository.
>
> Then, just merge the differences.

That's how it works, based on rsync.

Further questions and explanations may be better off on the support
channels, such as the user-list, #gentoo or the forums, but not here,
as this isn't a development issue.

cheers,
Wernfried

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