[SOLVED] How do I cut off some of the Portage branches?

marekd · n00b Joined: 26 Sep 2006 Posts: 43

Hi all,

I am trying to set up an old server (hppa arch) with a little small disc (8GB).
As it is going to be a server for specific tasks I don't really need to keep all Portage on my hdd (which actually takes almos 1Gb of data)
I mean, I don't need any x11-*, sci-* branches and so on. Where do I configure Portage, so that after emerge --sync these portages won't be updated? (I would like to remove them from my hdd)

Sadako · Posted: Tue Jun 30, 2009 4:03 pm Post subject:

Create a file such as "/etc/portage/rsync_excludes", and for each category you wish to omit add it to that file, eg;

John R. Graham · Posted: Tue Jun 30, 2009 6:14 pm Post subject:

Duplicate! It's in the FAQ. :wink:

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marekd · n00b Joined: 26 Sep 2006 Posts: 43

ok, thanks a lot. Worked.

Herring42 · Posted: Wed Jul 01, 2009 9:21 am Post subject:

Please mark the subject solved! (edit your original post, and change the subject).
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timeBandit · Posted: Wed Jul 01, 2009 7:04 pm Post subject:

Moved from Portage & Programming to Duplicate Threads.
See FAQ cited above.
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