On Sun, Jan 21, 2007 at 11:45:36AM -0500, Jeff Royle wrote: > Jonathan Horne wrote: > >On Saturday 20 January 2007 20:58, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >>Terrific waste of bandwidth. > >*shrug* i dont see it that way. i see it as insurance that when i build > >kernels for 15 machines, > >they are all getting the cleanest sources possible, with absolutely nothing > >left over from a > >previous build. > > If you wish to sync 15 machines and plan on doing that a lot, it would > benefit you to setup a > private cvs mirror. > > You use 1 machine as your mirror, it syncs say once a day or week or hour > whatever off the main cvs > mirror sites. > > You then have your other machines sync off that. This would ensure all your > systems are kept in > line with the same src. > > This would save on bandwidth for both yourself and the mirror sites. > > Cheers, > > Jeff
Another possible solution would be to export your /usr/src directory with NFS. I use this for my src and ports directory, and it works quite well, it's easy to setup, bandwidth friendly, and easy to maintain. _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
