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Date:      Wed, 11 Apr 2001 00:17:40 +0800
From:      Alvin Sim <bsd140870@yahoo.co.uk>
To:        FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re[2]: Installing port(s) from an NFS server
Message-ID:  <8531538810.20010411001740@yahoo.co.uk>
In-Reply-To: <3AD317BB.4D2EB73@i-clue.de>
References:  <1510883389.20010410124052@yahoo.co.uk> <3AD317BB.4D2EB73@i-clue.de>

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Tuesday, April 10, 2001, 10:24:59 PM, you wrote:

[snip... snip some...]

>>    example:
>>    lets  assume  that i have installed vim on the server and now, i want
>>    vim on the client as well.

CS> Assuming your NFS is properly configured:
CS> client# mount server:/usr/ports /usr/ports
CS> client# cd /usr/ports/editors/vim
CS> client# make install

   this is exactly what i did (minus the make install), yes.

>>    i   tried (after mounting /usr/ports (server) to /usr/ports (client))
>>    `make'  in  /usr/ports/editors/vim-lite  but  it seems that `make' is
>>    making  it on the server which, IMO, should be on the client? i didnt
>>    try  `make  install' though. i was afraid that it would install (vim)
>>    again on the server.

CS> No. You mounted the hard disk from your server. Thus the build will
CS> execute on your client and install into your client.

   sorry  but i'm not so clear on what you mean. if you're trying to say
   that i mounted /usr/ports _from_ the server, no. but if you're saying
   that  i  mounted  the server from the client as stated in above steps
   (which i did and think is correct), yes.

>>    so  what  i'd like to know is that is it possible for me to install a
>>    port from the server to the client machine with nfs?

CS> As shown above: yes. It's too simple to be true.

CS> HTH
CS> -Christoph Sold



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Alvin            mailto:bsd140870@yahoo.co.uk



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