Flashback
Now I can update my Gentoo box even on a daily basis. Using my 30GB USB mass storage device, I can do so even if my prepaid internet account runs zero. Here’s a short guide for those who haven’t tried this one yet.
An emerge –sync alternative would be downloading the latest snapshot on any Gentoo mirror site using a machine with a high-speed connection. You might want to salvage the /usr/portage/distfiles of your machine first before proceeding.
kee ~ # rm -r /usr/portage/
kee ~ # tar -xvjf portage-latest.tar.bz2 -C /usr/
...
kee ~ # update-eix
Reading Portage settings ..
Building database (/var/cache/eix) from scratch ..
[0] /usr/portage/ (cache: metadata)
Reading 100%
[1] /usr/local/portage (cache: none)
Reading 100%
Applying masks ..
Database contains 11268 packages in 149 categories.
kee ~ # env-update
>>> Regenerating /etc/ld.so.cache...
kee / #
Now for downloading packages for emerge.
kee ~ # emerge -fp package ... 2> somefilename.txt
The links are now stored in the text file. Download ‘em on a machine with a high-speed connection. Place all the downloaded files inside /usr/portage/distfiles of your machine then.
kee ~ # emerge package ...
I’m bored. Cheers.
