290191 – optionally ignore already downloaded files when using -f

Bug 290191 - optionally ignore already downloaded files when using -f

Summary: optionally ignore already downloaded files when using -f

Status:	CONFIRMED

Alias:	None

Product:	Portage Development
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	Enhancement/Feature Requests (show other bugs)
Hardware:	All Linux

Importance:	High enhancement
Assignee:	Portage team

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Reported:	2009-10-23 01:37 UTC by Christopher Harvey
Modified:	2009-10-23 02:25 UTC (History)
CC List:	0 users

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Description Christopher Harvey 2009-10-23 01:37:14 UTC

I use the -f option when I have to do a huge update to download at school/work to save bandwidth at home. Problem is, if the update is larger than my usb key I have to do several trips, and it's really hard to separate out the ones I have transfered from the ones I still need to download. It would be really nice to have the -f functionality optionally ignore the existing files in /usr/portage/distfiles and not list them at all. 

Reproducible: Always

Comment 1 Zac Medico gentoo-dev

2009-10-23 02:25:34 UTC

It seems like an odd use case. Maybe you can use PORTAGE_RO_DISTDIRS for this. When you copy a batch of files to your usb key, first move them from $DISTDIR to a separate directory that you've added to $PORTAGE_RO_DISTDIRS. Having the files in separate directories should help you manage what you are trying to do.