From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jul 31 13:31:03 2007 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 170A016A420 for ; Tue, 31 Jul 2007 13:31:03 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bulkmail@diomedia.be) Received: from dike.telenet-ops.be (dike.telenet-ops.be [195.130.132.36]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C22FF13C48A for ; Tue, 31 Jul 2007 13:31:02 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bulkmail@diomedia.be) Received: from ananke.telenet-ops.be (ananke.telenet-ops.be [195.130.137.78]) by dike.telenet-ops.be (Postfix) with ESMTP id A6EB082210A for ; Tue, 31 Jul 2007 13:59:26 +0200 (CEST) Received: from localhost (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by ananke.telenet-ops.be (Postfix) with SMTP id F05BE3923F7 for ; Tue, 31 Jul 2007 13:59:24 +0200 (CEST) Received: from [192.168.3.192] (d5152C2D6.access.telenet.be [81.82.194.214]) by ananke.telenet-ops.be (Postfix) with ESMTP id E3B543923EF for ; Tue, 31 Jul 2007 13:59:24 +0200 (CEST) Message-ID: <46AF241A.6000708@diomedia.be> Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2007 13:59:22 +0200 From: Bram Van Steenlandt User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.12 (X11/20070718) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Liste FreeBSD Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: updating multiple freebsd desktops 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: Tue, 31 Jul 2007 13:31:03 -0000 Hi list, The company I work for is linux based, we work with our own app written in wxPython. I am having a lot of trouble finding a suitable desktop OS, I've just went with redhat but I think I am having second thoughts about it . Freebsd (wich we use for some servers) would be an option but: I find it really difficult to keep freebsd up to date in a desktop situation, recompiling things like gnome can take a lot of time. So what I would really like is to make one machine the build/test machine and keep this machine up to date with the ports and portmanager or so. Can I then set up some kind of repo with the packages from this machine and run something like "yum upgrade" on every desktop we have ? I know something like sharing (thus building it only once and installing it on multiple pc's) /usr/ports could be done but it is still to much work and I would like something that also works over the internet. Ideas anyone ? kind regards