From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Dec 6 02:09:54 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6BE911065670 for ; Sun, 6 Dec 2009 02:09:54 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from traveling08@cox.net) Received: from fed1rmmtao106.cox.net (fed1rmmtao106.cox.net [68.230.241.40]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1FB5E8FC15 for ; Sun, 6 Dec 2009 02:09:53 +0000 (UTC) Received: from fed1rmimpo01.cox.net ([70.169.32.71]) by fed1rmmtao106.cox.net (InterMail vM.8.00.01.00 201-2244-105-20090324) with ESMTP id <20091206020954.LXFC26719.fed1rmmtao106.cox.net@fed1rmimpo01.cox.net>; Sat, 5 Dec 2009 21:09:54 -0500 Received: from asus64 ([72.220.91.251]) by fed1rmimpo01.cox.net with bizsmtp id De9t1d0085RPd3403e9tRp; Sat, 05 Dec 2009 21:09:53 -0500 X-VR-Score: -200.00 X-Authority-Analysis: v=1.1 cv=QnsHyrXODU/M8PFHjoaSY8vWw/wnc68pWh1cXI7OZ58= c=1 sm=1 a=4ShOpzFsRpcA:10 a=aQKPT3jRvjwCBEVvbLbxkw==:17 a=zGILaCQj9k7eQyJPSwQA:9 a=iuzszwEeLVkjeQuo48IA:7 a=MEbIiz_5khh1w3NkQhtqAC7Af2EA:4 a=aQKPT3jRvjwCBEVvbLbxkw==:117 X-CM-Score: 0.00 Date: Sat, 5 Dec 2009 18:09:48 -0800 From: Robert To: Roland Smith Message-ID: <20091205180948.2ccbd584@asus64> In-Reply-To: <20091129215653.GA65322@slackbox.xs4all.nl> References: <20091128090544.GA80636@thought.org> <20091129214307.1f536190@arcor.de> <20091129215653.GA65322@slackbox.xs4all.nl> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.7.3 (GTK+ 2.18.3; amd64-portbld-freebsd8.0) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: Gary Kline , Philipp Lengemann , FreeBSD Mailing List Subject: Re: how do i automate building packages? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 06 Dec 2009 02:09:54 -0000 On Sun, 29 Nov 2009 22:56:53 +0100 Roland Smith wrote: > > Now that my desktop and laptop are both running 8.0, I build ports on > my (faster) desktop, and then rsync /usr/local to the laptop. Works > fine. Of course my laptop now has some apps on it that it doesn't > really need, but on the other hand I have been able to > remove /usr/ports, /var/db/ports and /var/db/pkg from the laptop. > This is a lot easier than creating packages and updating them on > another machine. > > Roland Hi Roland I really like this idea. I checked your website but didn't find any more detail with regards to this. Are you doing this from crontab, script or just on the command line? I personally want to thank you for all of your helpful posts. Robert