From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jan 24 01:41:08 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0F43116A41B for ; Thu, 24 Jan 2008 01:41:08 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from swb@grasslake.net) Received: from accord.grasslake.net (accord.grasslake.net [209.98.56.21]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E21C713C44B for ; Thu, 24 Jan 2008 01:41:07 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from swb@grasslake.net) Received: from [192.168.1.44] (quattro.grasslake.net [192.168.1.44]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) (Authenticated sender: swb) by accord.grasslake.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6DB04FD031; Wed, 23 Jan 2008 19:41:42 -0600 (CST) Message-ID: <4797ECB2.90207@grasslake.net> Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2008 19:41:06 -0600 From: Shawn Barnhart Organization: Managed Chaos User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.9 (Windows/20071031) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "illoai@gmail.com" References: <4797B05F.6020201@grasslake.net> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: FreeBSD Subject: Re: Buildworld for slow system on faster system X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 24 Jan 2008 01:41:08 -0000 illoai@gmail.com wrote: > It is /usr/obj you want to mount across, though it > will work. Assuming they're similar enough > versions. Also assure yourself that their respective > /etc/make.conf (and/or /etc/src.conf) files are > essentially identical, or you will great sorrows > have. > > I'm not that much of a system hacker, so I doubt either will get edited. I don't even have a src.conf on my 6_STABLE system, but regardless, it won't be an issue to keep them in sync. > If /usr/obj is nfs mounted on the _build_ machine > it will slow down your build times absurdly, unless > your network (minus overhead) is nearly as fast as > your HDD controller. > It's gigabit, so it'd be about as good as it can get. It sounds like the thing to do is just do the builds on the fast machine, and then mount THAT machine's /usr/src and /usr/obj on the slow machine when it comes time to installworld.