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Date:      Tue, 24 Jun 2014 11:23:32 -0400
From:      Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: How do I build my own package server?
Message-ID:  <4461jql4az.fsf@be-well.ilk.org>
In-Reply-To: <20140624135505.GA75895@becker.bs.l> (Bertram Scharpf's message of "Tue, 24 Jun 2014 15:55:05 %2B0200")
References:  <20140624135505.GA75895@becker.bs.l>

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Bertram Scharpf <lists@bertram-scharpf.de> writes:

> Therefore my question: Is there any documentation how to build a package
> server that can be understood in finite time?

http://www.freebsd.org/doc/handbook/ports-poudriere.html

> On the other side: I do not feel very well having loads of SQLite
> databases in the base system. Could it be worth the effort to further
> develop the traditional pkg_* tools?

It's open source; nobody's going to stop you. The SQL approach is a lot
more robust, though, so nobody's likely to help you keep obsolescent
tools running, either.



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