Date: Wed, 9 Apr 2003 10:24:09 -0500 From: Mike Meyer <mwm-dated-1050333850.d94307@mired.org> To: charles@wranglers.com.au Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Replacing Win95 with FreeBSD for low cost home PCs Message-ID: <16020.15129.740634.315264@guru.mired.org> In-Reply-To: <1049855817.93999.84.camel@feynman> References: <1049855817.93999.84.camel@feynman>
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In <1049855817.93999.84.camel@feynman>, Charles Young <charles@wranglers.com.au> typed: > What I've done is to set up a meta port of a workstation suite and then > install this on each machine from a central dist site via NFS. I found > there were fewer issues this way, though the build process can take a > mighty long time. Might I suggest - to both of you - that these would be easier if you built packages out of these, and nfs-mounted the directory with the packages in them? That way you'd only have to build things once, and could still install everything by installing the package of the meta-port. Come to think of it, the only reason I knew what Charles meant by meta-port is because I've run into the concept and had it explained. This is a port that has few or no files of it's own, but depends on a bunch of other ports. That way, installing the meta-port installs all the dependencies. A good example - and one you might use as a starting point - can be found in /usr/ports/misc/instant-workstation. <mike -- Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> http://www.mired.org/consulting.html Independent Network/Unix/Perforce consultant, email for more information.
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