From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Nov 22 08:38:58 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0B7EB16A41B for ; Thu, 22 Nov 2007 08:38:58 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dougb@FreeBSD.org) Received: from mail2.fluidhosting.com (mx21.fluidhosting.com [204.14.89.4]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id AA0D113C4DD for ; Thu, 22 Nov 2007 08:38:57 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dougb@FreeBSD.org) Received: (qmail 881 invoked by uid 399); 22 Nov 2007 08:38:44 -0000 Received: from localhost (HELO ?192.168.0.4?) (dougb@dougbarton.us@127.0.0.1) by localhost with ESMTP; 22 Nov 2007 08:38:44 -0000 X-Originating-IP: 127.0.0.1 Date: Thu, 22 Nov 2007 00:38:41 -0800 (PST) From: Doug Barton To: "Jason C. Wells" In-Reply-To: <474262D5.3010603@highperformance.net> Message-ID: References: <474262D5.3010603@highperformance.net> User-Agent: Alpine 0.99999 (BSF 796 2007-11-08) X-message-flag: Outlook -- Not just for spreading viruses anymore! X-OpenPGP-Key-ID: 0xD5B2F0FB Organization: http://www.FreeBSD.org/ MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Package Building in the Large X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 22 Nov 2007 08:38:58 -0000 On Mon, 19 Nov 2007, Jason C. Wells wrote: > What I am trying to do is to build 30 or so packages including the big ones > like X, kde, gnome, plus all of their dependencies on a build host and then > use pkg_add on various machines. I have had a variety of difficulties with > all of the methods I have used thus far (portmaster, portupgrade, homegrown). What problems did you have with portmaster? Did the backup package creation fail in some way? Doug -- This .signature sanitized for your protection