From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Apr 10 9:25:40 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from smtp013.mail.yahoo.com (smtp013.mail.yahoo.com [216.136.173.57]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 25AC037B422 for ; Tue, 10 Apr 2001 09:25:37 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from bsd140870@yahoo.co.uk) Received: from unknown (HELO as2.kptn.org) (203.106.173.200) by smtp.mail.vip.sc5.yahoo.com with SMTP; 10 Apr 2001 16:25:23 -0000 X-Apparently-From: Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2001 00:17:40 +0800 From: Alvin Sim X-Mailer: The Bat! (v1.52 Beta/1) Reply-To: Alvin Sim Organization: n/a X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Message-ID: <8531538810.20010411001740@yahoo.co.uk> To: FreeBSD Questions Subject: Re[2]: Installing port(s) from an NFS server In-Reply-To: <3AD317BB.4D2EB73@i-clue.de> References: <1510883389.20010410124052@yahoo.co.uk> <3AD317BB.4D2EB73@i-clue.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Tuesday, April 10, 2001, 10:24:59 PM, you wrote: [snip... snip some...] >> example: >> lets assume that i have installed vim on the server and now, i want >> vim on the client as well. CS> Assuming your NFS is properly configured: CS> client# mount server:/usr/ports /usr/ports CS> client# cd /usr/ports/editors/vim CS> client# make install this is exactly what i did (minus the make install), yes. >> i tried (after mounting /usr/ports (server) to /usr/ports (client)) >> `make' in /usr/ports/editors/vim-lite but it seems that `make' is >> making it on the server which, IMO, should be on the client? i didnt >> try `make install' though. i was afraid that it would install (vim) >> again on the server. CS> No. You mounted the hard disk from your server. Thus the build will CS> execute on your client and install into your client. sorry but i'm not so clear on what you mean. if you're trying to say that i mounted /usr/ports _from_ the server, no. but if you're saying that i mounted the server from the client as stated in above steps (which i did and think is correct), yes. >> so what i'd like to know is that is it possible for me to install a >> port from the server to the client machine with nfs? CS> As shown above: yes. It's too simple to be true. CS> HTH CS> -Christoph Sold -- Alvin mailto:bsd140870@yahoo.co.uk _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message