Date: Tue, 18 Dec 2001 11:53:30 -0600 From: "Mike Meyer" <mwm-dated-1009130011.5c3199@mired.org> To: Scott Mitchell <scott.mitchell@mail.com> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: -STABLE and -CURRENT on the same machine Message-ID: <15391.33434.862497.858044@guru.mired.org> In-Reply-To: <52856860@toto.iv>
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Scott Mitchell <scott.mitchell@mail.com> types: > Question, part 1: which partitions is it reasonable to share between these > two installations? Obviously /, /usr (and probably /var) need to be kept > separate, but I can't see any harm in sharing swap and /home. What about > installed ports/packages under /usr/local? I'd rather not have to install > two versions of everything :-( You have to build binaries on the -stable system, and install the compatability library on the -current system. Other than that, it shouldn't be much problem. Personally, I tend to share /usr/ports and distfiles, but not /usr/local. That requires using WRKDIRPREFIX in /etc/make.conf to avoid using installing things built on the other system. > Question, part 2: is my best bet for keeping both installs up-to-date to > cvsup each separately, into different directories, or to run a local CVS > repo and just checkout whatever I want to build...disk space is not an > issue. I suspect it doesn't make a lot of difference. The interesting question is how well having a CVS repo that's shared between the two is going to be - unless you're planning on putting it on a third machine. <mike -- Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> http://www.mired.org/home/mwm/ Independent WWW/Perforce/FreeBSD/Unix consultant, email for more information. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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