Date: Sat, 24 Sep 2005 17:14:05 +0100 (BST) From: Gordon Ross <freebsd@gordonross.org.uk> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Sharing /usr/ports Message-ID: <Pine.BSO.4.61.0509241713350.31419@openbsd36-1.gordonross.me.uk> In-Reply-To: <43357A3C.1060905@t-hosting.hu> References: <Pine.BSO.4.61.0509241657210.31419@openbsd36-1.gordonross.me.uk> <43357A3C.1060905@t-hosting.hu>
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On Sat, 24 Sep 2005, [ISO-8859-1] Kövesdán Gábor wrote: > Gordon Ross wrote: > >> I've got two FreeBSD 5.4 machines. One is a server, the other is a desktop. >> >> I've mounted on the desktop the /usr/ports directory from the server. My >> idea being that I could share the one /usr/ports directory amongst my >> machines and save disc space, and also save having to recompile everything >> whenever I install a port. >> >> My problem is that, if I do a "make" on one machine, I can't then do a >> "make install" on the other machine. (When I try, nothing happens) >> >> I haven't mounted any of the directories from under /var/db (e.g. pkg, >> ports) >> >> Is what I'm trying to do possible ? >> If so, what am I missing or doing wrong ? >> > What if You do "make FORCE_PKG_REGISTER=YES install" on the client machine? Hmm. No joy. Just the same, nothing. :-( GTG
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