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Date:      Thu, 08 Jun 2006 08:24:49 -0500
From:      Dustin Coates <demonbob@systemoverload.net>
To:        Dave <dmehler26@woh.rr.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: compiling ports to packages on fast system, installing on slower one
Message-ID:  <44882521.4040909@systemoverload.net>
In-Reply-To: <002701c68a74$d794cb10$0200a8c0@satellite>
References:  <002701c68a74$d794cb10$0200a8c0@satellite>

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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.
>
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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.





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