From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Thu May 15 21:03:40 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5E04437B404 for ; Thu, 15 May 2003 21:03:40 -0700 (PDT) Received: from sccrmhc02.attbi.com (sccrmhc02.attbi.com [204.127.202.62]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 80F2843F85 for ; Thu, 15 May 2003 21:03:39 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from DougB@freebsd.org) Received: from master.dougb.net (12-234-22-23.client.attbi.com[12.234.22.23]) by attbi.com (sccrmhc02) with SMTP id <2003051604033800200rrfi3e>; Fri, 16 May 2003 04:03:38 +0000 Date: Thu, 15 May 2003 21:03:37 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug Barton To: Dag-Erling Smorgrav In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <20030515210248.G11320@znfgre.qbhto.arg> References: <3EC32EC1.6050207@acm.org> <3EC36C7B.7020308@xwave.com> Organization: http://www.FreeBSD.org/ X-message-flag: Outlook -- Not just for spreading viruses anymore! MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org cc: kientzle@acm.org Subject: Re: pkg_add Master/Slave mode? X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 16 May 2003 04:03:41 -0000 On Fri, 16 May 2003, Dag-Erling Smorgrav wrote: > User Dwayne writes: > > At work I'm often creating custom packages to install our software > > builds. > > How are you creating those packages? The best way is to use the ports > system, in which case you shouldn't need to worry about pkg_add. Errr... that's a little short-sighted. If you're building packages on one system, and installing them on many, pkg_add is quite useful. :) Doug -- This .signature sanitized for your protection