From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Aug 29 12:59:58 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9F8AD106566C for ; Fri, 29 Aug 2008 12:59:58 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from glarkin@FreeBSD.org) Received: from mail1.sourcehosting.net (113901-app1.sourcehosting.net [72.32.213.11]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4BFF38FC0C for ; Fri, 29 Aug 2008 12:59:57 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from glarkin@FreeBSD.org) Received: from 68-189-244-97.dhcp.oxfr.ma.charter.com ([68.189.244.97] helo=Gregory-Larkins-Computer.local) by mail1.sourcehosting.net with esmtp (Exim 4.69 (FreeBSD)) (envelope-from ) id 1KZ3Zy-000PWl-9V; Fri, 29 Aug 2008 08:59:55 -0400 Received: from [127.0.0.1] (fireball.entropy.prv [192.168.1.12]) by Gregory-Larkins-Computer.local (Postfix) with ESMTP id 33B0F2416073; Fri, 29 Aug 2008 08:59:54 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <48B7F2C5.90008@FreeBSD.org> Date: Fri, 29 Aug 2008 08:59:49 -0400 From: Greg Larkin Organization: The FreeBSD Project User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.16 (Windows/20080708) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "Jason C. Wells" References: <48B77649.7090209@highperformance.net> In-Reply-To: <48B77649.7090209@highperformance.net> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.95.7 OpenPGP: id=1C940290 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Score: -2.3 (--) Cc: freebsd general questions Subject: Re: Make World Inside Jail X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: glarkin@FreeBSD.org List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 29 Aug 2008 12:59:58 -0000 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Jason C. Wells wrote: > I currently use a separate machine to make world and to make and archive > ports and packages. I would like to retire that machine and move that > functionality into a jail. I am due to switch to 7.1 from 6.3 soon. > > I understand that I cannot run divergent kernels in the jails. > > I could still make a 7.1-RELEASE world on a 6.3-RELEASE jail and > installworld into the jail. That would leave me with a very strange > jail system with a new generation system (binaries / libs / includes / > utils / ports) with an old generation kernel. > > The only purpose of the jails is compiling world and installing ports. > The parent system on which the jails reside cannot be made unreliable > due to running the mishmash old/new jails. > > I'll need to run NFS servers and telnet servers inside the jails. > Systems on my network would mount the jail's /usr/obj, /usr/src and > /usr/ports via NFS to facilitate installworld and port upgrades. > > Can I make this work? Am I asking for trouble? > > Thanks, > Jason Hi Jason, You might want to have a look at Tinderbox: http://tinderbox.marcuscom.com/ This tool helps you build packages in a controlled environment, based on your specified src tree, ports tree and port options. I believe you'll need to install it on at least a 7.1-RELEASE system if you want to build packages for that OS version. I am currently working on a VMware virtual machine that's preinstalled with 8.0-STABLE and Tinderbox so anyone can very easily build packages for 6.3, 7.x and 8.0-STABLE. If you're interested in having a look at that, let me know and I'll tell you when it's ready. Regards, Greg - -- Greg Larkin http://www.FreeBSD.org/ - The Power To Serve http://www.sourcehosting.net/ - Ready. Set. Code. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (MingW32) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFIt/LF0sRouByUApARAjAlAJwIGh4nenz4FWS7BZ3KQjQOeNmrRwCfat0C k3eGPiolwHiiv7kBpehrmEI= =zd6A -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----