Date: Tue, 13 Sep 2011 23:20:05 +0200 From: Julien Laffaye <jlaffaye@FreeBSD.org> To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: testing PKGNG Message-ID: <4E6FC905.80701@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <20110913211619.GA46319@lpthe.jussieu.fr> References: <20110913211619.GA46319@lpthe.jussieu.fr>
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On 09/13/2011 23:16, Michel Talon wrote: > 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 ... There are no official mirrors with pkgng packages yet. So I assume he built his packages then deployed them with pkgng. > > 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. It is indeed inspired by the competition ;p
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