From owner-freebsd-questions Sat May 22 19: 9: 0 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from resnet.uoregon.edu (resnet.uoregon.edu [128.223.144.32]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 88C85151C5 for ; Sat, 22 May 1999 19:08:59 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by resnet.uoregon.edu (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id TAA16259; Sat, 22 May 1999 19:08:49 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu) Date: Sat, 22 May 1999 19:08:49 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White To: Sergei Vyshenski Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: installing ports via NFS In-Reply-To: <3.0.5.32.19990522205650.007d3700@rsfq.npi.msu.su> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Sat, 22 May 1999, Sergei Vyshenski wrote: > Idea was to install precompiled ports via NFS, by > exporting /usr/ports tree via NFS to several computers > in READ-ONLY mode. > > But "make install" wants to write some registering info > exactly to the /usr/ports/.../work directory. > This information seems not important for future use, as e.g. > "make clean" deletes the whole /usr/ports/.../work directory, > which is safe for future activity of the port and for > packet database entries in /var/db/pkg. Yes it wants to drop it's checkpoint files in there. You may be able to adjust the workdir prefix in the ports Makefile (/usr/ports/Mk/bsd.port.mk). Doug White Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | www.freebsd.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message