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Date:      Fri, 16 May 2003 08:55:27 +0200
From:      Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@ofug.org>
To:        Doug Barton <DougB@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        kientzle@acm.org
Subject:   Re: pkg_add Master/Slave mode?
Message-ID:  <xzpznlnfkio.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no>
In-Reply-To: <20030515210248.G11320@znfgre.qbhto.arg> (Doug Barton's message of "Thu, 15 May 2003 21:03:37 -0700 (PDT)")
References:  <3EC32EC1.6050207@acm.org> <3EC36C7B.7020308@xwave.com> <xzpd6ijhinq.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no> <20030515210248.G11320@znfgre.qbhto.arg>

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Doug Barton <DougB@FreeBSD.org> writes:
> On Fri, 16 May 2003, Dag-Erling Smorgrav wrote:
> > User Dwayne <Dwayne.MacKinnon@xwave.com> 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. :)

You're clearly missing context...  the issue here is the usefulness of
pkg_add master/slave mode for debugging the package creation process.

DES
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Dag-Erling Smorgrav - des@ofug.org



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