From owner-freebsd-current Fri Nov 29 13:17:35 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1FEAC37B401 for ; Fri, 29 Nov 2002 13:17:34 -0800 (PST) Received: from bunrab.catwhisker.org (adsl-63-193-123-122.dsl.snfc21.pacbell.net [63.193.123.122]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 62B5B43E4A for ; Fri, 29 Nov 2002 13:17:33 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from david@catwhisker.org) Received: from bunrab.catwhisker.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by bunrab.catwhisker.org (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id gATLHWTe041383 for ; Fri, 29 Nov 2002 13:17:32 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from david@bunrab.catwhisker.org) Received: (from david@localhost) by bunrab.catwhisker.org (8.12.6/8.12.6/Submit) id gATLHWdO041382 for current@freebsd.org; Fri, 29 Nov 2002 13:17:32 -0800 (PST) Date: Fri, 29 Nov 2002 13:17:32 -0800 (PST) From: David Wolfskill Message-Id: <200211292117.gATLHWdO041382@bunrab.catwhisker.org> To: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 5.0-DP2 questions In-Reply-To: <20021129202038.GB37223@rot13.obsecurity.org> Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG >Date: Fri, 29 Nov 2002 12:20:38 -0800 >From: Kris Kennaway >It's often more efficient to use binary installations/upgrades than >source, on slow machines. For example, I build world on a fast >machine, mount via NFS and then installworld on my slower machines. Quite so -- not only more efficient, but also less painful. :-} Indeed, that is how my "build machine" achieved that designation: I install -STABLE snapshots built on it about every 2 weeks or so onto my firewall & a macihne that acts as the externally-visible Web server. (And it would be faster & less hassle for me to treat my laptop similarly; on the other hand, I wanted to be able to compare UP vs. SMP if Something Weird(tm) were to happen. I also wanted to be sure that I had an independent complete (and portable) build environment on my laptop -- complete with its own copy of the FreeBSD CVS repo.) Cheers, david (links to my resume at http://www.catwhisker.org/~david) -- David H. Wolfskill david@catwhisker.org I have no confidence in results obtained through the use of Microsoft products. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message