Date: Mon, 15 May 2006 14:19:05 -0500 From: David J Brooks <daeg@houston.rr.com> To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Cc: Scot Hetzel <swhetzel@gmail.com> Subject: Re: Has the port collection become to large to handle. Message-ID: <200605151419.05753.daeg@houston.rr.com> In-Reply-To: <790a9fff0605151108w6db0d1d4sc4cb8be50285720f@mail.gmail.com> References: <446786CF.6050807@fromley.net> <008b01c677fb$c99b4290$b3db87d4@multiplay.co.uk> <790a9fff0605151108w6db0d1d4sc4cb8be50285720f@mail.gmail.com>
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On Monday 15 May 2006 13:08, Scot Hetzel wrote: > What I do is setup a cron job that uses cvsup to download the cvs > repository either daily or every 3-4 hours. Then on my build system, > I update both /usr/ports and /usr/src. Then I NFS export /usr/ports, > /usr/ports/distfiles, /usr/obj, and /usr/src to my other systems. If > all of the systems are the same (i386), then I buildworld and > buildkernel on the build system and use the result to install on the > other systems. Same goes for ports, as you could build all the > packages on the build system, then install the packages on the other > systems. Aha! This is how I've been doing it, more or less. But I forgot to export /usr/obj. Hopefully this tidbit of info will be the fix I need to get my laptop up and working correctly. Thanks for the post! David -- Sure God created the world in only six days, but He didn't have an established user-base.
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