From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Sep 13 21:16:48 2011 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 7EAA8106564A for ; Tue, 13 Sep 2011 21:16:48 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from talon@lpthe.jussieu.fr) Received: from shiva.jussieu.fr (shiva.jussieu.fr [134.157.0.129]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1F4AB8FC12 for ; Tue, 13 Sep 2011 21:16:47 +0000 (UTC) Received: from parthe.lpthe.jussieu.fr (parthe.lpthe.jussieu.fr [134.157.10.1]) by shiva.jussieu.fr (8.14.4/jtpda-5.4) with ESMTP id p8DLFjsb052082 for ; Tue, 13 Sep 2011 23:15:58 +0200 (CEST) X-Ids: 168 Received: from niobe.lpthe.jussieu.fr (niobe.lpthe.jussieu.fr [134.157.10.41]) by parthe.lpthe.jussieu.fr (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2B54921C7D for ; Tue, 13 Sep 2011 23:16:19 +0200 (CEST) Received: by niobe.lpthe.jussieu.fr (Postfix, from userid 2005) id 18D1E42AE; Tue, 13 Sep 2011 23:16:19 +0200 (CEST) Date: Tue, 13 Sep 2011 23:16:19 +0200 From: Michel Talon To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20110913211619.GA46319@lpthe.jussieu.fr> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i X-Miltered: at jchkmail.jussieu.fr with ID 4E6FC824.000 by Joe's j-chkmail (http : // j-chkmail dot ensmp dot fr)! X-j-chkmail-Enveloppe: 4E6FC824.000/134.157.10.1/parthe.lpthe.jussieu.fr/parthe.lpthe.jussieu.fr/ Subject: Re: testing PKGNG 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: Tue, 13 Sep 2011 21:16:48 -0000 Sergio wrote: >I moved all my servers (about 40) to the pkgng (new generation) >package/port >system, and I can say that it is amazing... it is not yet finish, and >have some >minor "issues", but works very well, and is lightning fast.. > >It is almost the same as "pacman" (from Archlinux).. you build a >"repository" and install packages from that repository. when you >update the repository, the other servers can do an "upgrade".. >you do not have to have the ports tree in each server, and >you build the ports only on the master server.... > >in the master server, there is a full gnome2 (with 842 dependencies) >that install right on the shelf with only one command: pkg install >gnome2 >now I have a full functional server runing gnome, libreoffice, inkscape >hplip, cups printing, gdm... in about 30 minutes from internet.... I am extremely interested by what you are saying here. Do you mean that you can find somewhere precompiled packages that you can install in 30mn or that you use packages compiled on a master server? Of course the difference is that if you have just one machine in the basement instead of a server farm, the point of view is not the same ... By the way if you mention that pkgng shares something to some penguinist system, beware it will be villified by some guardians of the orthodoxy who are quite vocal. Anyways if it is indeed fast it will make a happy difference with the present pkg-* tools. -- Michel TALON