script to duplicate "emerge rsync" using wget?

[klieber]

For those of us who are dealing with restrictive firewalls, has anyone written a script that will do the same as "emerge rsync", except using wget?

I realize it's not all that hard to write, but it's Friday and I'm just being extra lazy today. If someone else has already done the work, great!
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[Fragadelic]

Check the link below for the Gentoo FAQ's.

Apparently emerge does use wget.

http://www.gentoo.org/doc/faq.html

Quote from above link:
How do I use emerge from behind a firewall?

Edit the PROXY settings in /etc/make.conf. If that doesn't work, edit /etc/wget/wgetrc and edit http_proxy and ftp_proxy appropriately.

[klieber]

[Fragadelic]

You could do it like this:

Create a file called 'portage-tree-update'

Remember to 'chmod 700 portage-tree-update' after you save the file.

#!/bin/ bash

cd /tmp
wget http://cvs.gentoo.org/snapshots/portage*.bz2
cd /usr
tar xvjf /tmp/portage*.bz2
rm /tmp/portage*.bz2



This is just a very simple example of what you can do. You can try to use it and see if it works for you. The only issue might be if there are more than 1 portage files there, it will bring them all in.

I don't have access to my system right now so I can't make it more specific cause you can make it look for the exact filename by date. Let me have a look at it later today and I will post another example for you.

[klieber]

Thanks for the reply. I ended up getting over my laziness and writing my own. It ended up being embarassingly easy:

[rizzo]

Your script won't have leading 0's on the day.

[klieber]