Date: Mon, 7 Aug 2006 16:03:00 +0100 From: RW <list-freebsd-2004@morbius.sent.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Using pre-built packages with portmanager Message-ID: <200608071603.01848.list-freebsd-2004@morbius.sent.com> In-Reply-To: <20060805171645.GA948@epia2.farid-hajji.net> References: <20060805171645.GA948@epia2.farid-hajji.net>
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On Saturday 05 August 2006 18:16, cpghost wrote: > Building packages for multiple machines on a fast CPU, > with portmanager's -bu option populates a /usr/ports/packages tree. > So far, so good. > > What I'd like though, is to be able to reuse that tree (mounted via > NFS or rsynced over) on other machines with much slower CPUs. > > The fast build machine and the other slow machines are not synchronized > w.r.t. the set of installed ports. What is needed is that portmanager > uses packages from /usr/ports/packages if available, and compiles from > source the remaining ports. A key design feature of portmanager is that everything is built with up-to-date dependencies, having this kind of feature would, in general, defeat that. In any case according to the man page -b means "Keep backup packages of the old versions."
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