From owner-freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Wed Mar 8 16:21:11 2017 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CC57DD03326 for ; Wed, 8 Mar 2017 16:21:11 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from guru@unixarea.de) Received: from ms-10.1blu.de (ms-10.1blu.de [178.254.4.101]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 92ED417F2 for ; Wed, 8 Mar 2017 16:21:11 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from guru@unixarea.de) Received: from [88.217.107.178] (helo=localhost.unixarea.de) by ms-10.1blu.de with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.86_2) (envelope-from ) id 1cleKr-0004d1-F8 for freebsd-ports@freebsd.org; Wed, 08 Mar 2017 17:21:09 +0100 Received: from localhost.my.domain (c720-r292778-amd64 [127.0.0.1]) by localhost.unixarea.de (8.15.2/8.14.9) with ESMTPS id v28GL8HC004380 (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 bits=256 verify=NO) for ; Wed, 8 Mar 2017 17:21:08 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from guru@unixarea.de) Received: (from guru@localhost) by localhost.my.domain (8.15.2/8.14.9/Submit) id v28GL8ie004379 for freebsd-ports@freebsd.org; Wed, 8 Mar 2017 17:21:08 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from guru@unixarea.de) X-Authentication-Warning: localhost.my.domain: guru set sender to guru@unixarea.de using -f Date: Wed, 8 Mar 2017 17:21:08 +0100 From: Matthias Apitz To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: poudriere && stopping / pausing execution of builders Message-ID: <20170308162108.GA4339@c720-r292778-amd64> Reply-To: Matthias Apitz Mail-Followup-To: Matthias Apitz , freebsd-ports@freebsd.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 11.0-CURRENT r292778 (amd64) User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.24 (2015-08-30) X-Con-Id: 51246 X-Con-U: 0-guru X-Originating-IP: 88.217.107.178 X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 08 Mar 2017 16:21:11 -0000 Hello, Using poudriere, what I'm always missing are two features: - halting the builders, i.e. they should not pick-up new jobs, just finish the current job; - the 2nd one is more at OS level: in GOT(*) computers like the /360 have had a red button to pause all execution, (look into registers, modify, etc,) and resume the execution again at the point of interrupt; do we have this in FreeBSD? Do you need a use case for the 2nd missing feature? Thx matthias GOT(*): Good Old Times -- Matthias Apitz, ✉ guru@unixarea.de, ⌂ http://www.unixarea.de/ ☎ +49-176-38902045