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Jux
Tux's lil' helper

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Posted: Fri Aug 11, 2006 9:58 am Post subject: Restore old Portage from Sync-Server ?

Hi Is there a posiibility to restore an old version of portage - e.g. when 2004.2 was the recent one. Jux

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Watchman

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Joined: 19 Feb 2003
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Posted: Fri Aug 11, 2006 4:51 pm Post subject:

Yes, you can use the portage snapshot that is included on the installation CD. The problem you may have is that older distfiles may no longer be on the mirrors, so installing packages from the old portage tree may be difficult.

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