Copying make.conf and any package.use and customs sets

alaurie · n00b Joined: 17 Jul 2023 Posts: 10

Hi all,

I've got Gentoo setup on my laptop the way I want now with everything working. I want to transition my main workstation over now as well. Am I fine in copying over the make.conf, package.use, accept and custom sets over to the workstation and doing an emerge after the main install in the handbook? Obviously I would need to tweak a few things that were laptop specific in the copied config (there is no intel graphics on the workstation for instance.)

Lebkoungcity · Posted: Tue Aug 01, 2023 7:51 am Post subject:

Hi alaurie,

yes, you can copy those files from /etc/portage you mentioned and /var/lib/portage/world (Be careful not to mess it up if you'd edit it by hand!) to the other machine to have a similar setup as a starting point. I'd recommend to backup the original files on the 'new' machine so you can go back / check for differences if something is not acting as expected in the process of transition. Just don't do it blindly and check the output of emerge before hitting enter - just like you said you would :wink:

Happy compiling!
Andy
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NeddySeagoon · Posted: Tue Aug 01, 2023 10:13 am Post subject:

alaurie,

You can cheat a bit more ...

Copy the world file over too.
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