Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2004 22:30:42 -0600 From: Tillman Hodgson <tillman@seekingfire.com> To: freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: How do YOU stay up to date? Message-ID: <20040115043042.GK415@seekingfire.com> In-Reply-To: <1074139882.5205.28.camel@closetotheedge> References: <1074139882.5205.28.camel@closetotheedge>
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On Wed, Jan 14, 2004 at 11:11:22PM -0500, Duane Winner wrote:
> I now understand how to use cvsup to keep my src and ports tree current.
> I know how to use pkg_add -r to install new sotware, or go into
> /usr/ports/whatever to make install. I know how to do portupgrade to
> upgrade my installed ports, how to pkg_version -v to see what's out of
> date with my tree, and how to cronjob cvsup to keep my trees current. (I
> still need to play more with make world and whatnot)
I think you've got the right tools, you jsut need to use them in
different ways.
> One thing that concerns me, at least on the laptops, is the amount of
> time spent compiling new software as it is release, seeing as how we
> will be running x, gnome and Yahweh knows what else....
You have enough machines to justify using a build host: a single machine
that simply builds ports into packages (or compiles buildworld and
buildkernel into the /usr/obj directory). You can then do binary
installs off of the build host via NFS. It's a very handy architecture
because it allows you to do offload the work of building to a separate
server and roll out to other machines when it's convenient. It also
helps ensure that other machines stay uniform and allows new machines to
rolled out with little effort.
-T
--
"The most exhausting thing in life is being insincere."
- Anne Morrow Lindbergh {American Author}
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