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List:       gentoo-dev
Subject:    Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: Building custom package for multi-arch/system
From:       Zac Medico <zmedico () gentoo ! org>
Date:       2010-01-30 21:24:21
Message-ID: 4B64A385.8040600 () gentoo ! org
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On 01/30/2010 10:11 AM, Duncan wrote:
> Thanks.  I knew the PORTAGE_BINHOST and --config-root bits, but hadn't 
> thought about the tree not being needed, save for the profiles.  I 
> recently setup a netbook based on a Gentoo image compiled elsewhere, and 
> while it's now functional, I'm still tweaking stuff, including the portage 
> arrangement.   That I don't need the entire gentoo tree for emerging 
> binpkgs is thus quite interesting new information at this point. =:^)
> 
> Does that happen to be documented anywhere?  I'd not seen it before.

No, not really. The binhost support was updated in portage-2.1.6,
with support for the $PKGDIR/Packages file. Since then it's a lot
more appealing.
-- 
Thanks,
Zac

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