From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jun 8 15:14:25 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 20FB916CCB7 for ; Thu, 8 Jun 2006 13:24:49 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from demonbob@systemoverload.net) Received: from mail14.opentransfer.com (mail14.opentransfer.com [69.6.255.184]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 7414643D58 for ; Thu, 8 Jun 2006 13:24:48 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from demonbob@systemoverload.net) Received: (qmail 15734 invoked by uid 399); 8 Jun 2006 13:24:43 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO ?10.1.20.117?) (69.2.32.219) by mail.opentransfer.com with SMTP; 8 Jun 2006 13:24:43 -0000 Message-ID: <44882521.4040909@systemoverload.net> Date: Thu, 08 Jun 2006 08:24:49 -0500 From: Dustin Coates User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5 (X11/20060317) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Dave References: <002701c68a74$d794cb10$0200a8c0@satellite> In-Reply-To: <002701c68a74$d794cb10$0200a8c0@satellite> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: compiling ports to packages on fast system, installing on slower one 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, 08 Jun 2006 15:14:31 -0000 Dave wrote: > Hello, Hi > > I was wondering if this was possible? I've got a box that i'd like > to install the latest gnome 2.14 desktop on, as well as some very > intense apps to build. I would like to compile the needed apps on my > fastest machine as packages, then transfer all the packages to the > slower box, and do a pkg_add * and they're all installed. My catch is > i don't want to install everything on my fastest box to pull this off. > I am using portupgrade and was wondering if this was doable? > Thanks. > Dave. > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > man pkg_create Also check out: http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2006/04/13/freebsd-build-system.html This is a pretty good guide to creating a build server, from your fastest machine, so it does all the work, from updating world and kernel source, to ports. Bascially it involves NFS and mounting the faster computers /usr/src && /usr/ports after thier compiled on the faster machine.