Re: Shared /usr/ports directories

From: Richard Danter (richard.danter_at_ntlworld.com)
Date: 05/20/05

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To: Erik Trulsson <ertr1013@student.uu.se>

    Erik Trulsson wrote:
    > On Thu, May 19, 2005 at 06:13:09PM +0100, Richard Danter wrote:
    >
    >>Erik Trulsson wrote:
    >>
    >>>On Thu, May 19, 2005 at 05:39:54PM +0100, Richard Danter wrote:
    >>>
    >>>
    >>>>Hi all,
    >>>>
    >>>>I have several machines running FBSD now. At the moment I have a
    >>>>complete ports tree on each machine. I was wondering if it was possible
    >>>>to have it all on just one machine and NFS mount it?
    >>>
    >>>
    >>>That is certainly possible.
    >>>
    >>>
    >>>
    >>>>I have already been doing this for the /usr/ports/distfiles directory,
    >>>>but had not shared everything else as I was not sure if settings from a
    >>>>build on one machine may cause problems when building on another machine.
    >>>>
    >>>>Each machine has it's own /etc/make.conf with settings such as the
    >>>>processor type, so it is important that one build can't effect another.
    >>>
    >>>
    >>>I would suggest you set WRKDIRPREFIX in /etc/make.conf so that the
    >>>files built by the ports system do not get placed under /usr/ports but
    >>>somewhere else.
    >>
    >>Is it just the object (.o) files that this effects, or all generated
    >>files? Where do the configurations get saved (for those ports with a
    >>config menu)?
    >
    >
    > Almost all generated files - all that would end up under /usr/ports anyway.
    >
    > Where configurations get saved can vary slightly. Ports using the
    > OPTIONS system get their configurations saved under /var/db/ports/.
    > Some ports have their own home-rolled config menu (mostly because the
    > port was created before OPTIONS made its debut) and they usually have
    > their configuration saved in the work directory (among all the .o
    > files.)

    Thanks Erik, and all who replied. I now have just one ports tree to keep
    up to date which is much easier for me! It also frees up a lot of space
    on my laptop!

    Rich
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