more than one package directory ?
 

Hi,

I'd like to use more than one package directory, e.g.
/usr/portage/packages plus plus all stuff on a DVD.

Is there a Gentoo specific way to do so or
do I need an overlay file system like aufs ?

Many thanks for a hint,

Helmut Jarausch

Lehrstuhl fuer Numerische Mathematik
RWTH - Aachen University
D 52056 Aachen, Germany

more than one package directory ?
 

On Thu, Oct 30, 2008 at 4:25 AM, Helmut Jarausch
<jarausch@igpm.rwth-aachen.de> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'd like to use more than one package directory, e.g.
> /usr/portage/packages plus plus all stuff on a DVD.
>
> Is there a Gentoo specific way to do so or
> do I need an overlay file system like aufs ?
>
> Many thanks for a hint,
>
> Helmut Jarausch
>
> Lehrstuhl fuer Numerische Mathematik
> RWTH - Aachen University
> D 52056 Aachen, Germany

You could set the package directory manually when you need the dvd's
repository, such as:
PKGDIR="/mnt/dvd/packages" emerge --usepkg mozilla-firefox

Based on how portage uses the variable, I'm pretty sure you can't use
more than one simultaneously.

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more than one package directory ?
 

On Thu, 30 Oct 2008 09:25:37 +0100 (CET), Helmut Jarausch wrote:

> I'd like to use more than one package directory, e.g.
> /usr/portage/packages plus plus all stuff on a DVD.

Mount (or symlink) the DVD within the packages directory.


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