Date: Sat, 15 Nov 2014 17:12:43 +0100 From: Nikos Vassiliadis <nvass@gmx.com> To: Peter Ross <Peter.Ross@alumni.tu-berlin.de>, freebsd-virtualization@freebsd.org Subject: Re: VIMAGE and VirtualBox networking question Message-ID: <54677B7B.4080202@gmx.com> In-Reply-To: <alpine.LRH.2.11.1411111020070.4540@linux-vic-05.vv.fda> References: <alpine.LRH.2.11.1411111020070.4540@linux-vic-05.vv.fda>
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On 11/11/14 00:39, Peter Ross wrote: > Nikos Vassiliadis wrote: > >> On 11/05/14 00:29, Manas Bhatnagar wrote: > >>> Install ports tree in a temporary location (another computer or >>> something), grab the required folder and move it to the computer that >>> you want to install the port on and do 'make install clean' ? >>> probably won't work like that, you would need to make sure the >>> directories for dependencies are there too :o) > >> Tried to do this with a full ports tree and I stopped it after gcc >> started to build. > > BTW: You need /usr/src available for the creation of the package. > Preferably matching the kernel you want to install it.. > > I do this regularly (but without VIMAGE) in a jail where I build all my > packages. ("make install" and "pkg create" in a script) > > I do all updates from source. I only update kernel, user land and ports > when security is at risk. Usually independent from each other. > > But VirtualBox is an exception. I update kernel and VirtualBox at the > same time. > > I was not brave enough to enable VIMAGE and VirtualBox on the same > server. But I may do that soon. I plan a major reconfiguration ca. end > of the year. I hope it is stable enough. Hi, Just want to add that everything works as expected with VIMAGE and VBox.
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