On Mon, 17 May 2010 21:50:28 +0930, Iain Buchanan wrote: > > I share my distfiles but I don't use FTP as that means storing copies > > of the same file on each computer. Instead, I use NFS. /mnt/portage is > > shared across all machines on the network and DISTDIR is set > > to /mnt/portage/distfiles in each make.conf.
> Until I pick up my laptop and drive to work, where network speeds to my > server drop from 100Mbit to 50kbit and I need that local copy! I tend not to run emerges when away from home, although the lack of a local copy does prove awkward after a kernel upgrade that requires a rebuild of the wireless drivers. Not a situation I have to deal with any more, thankfully. > Which is why I'm glad there are multiple ways to do it :) Indeed :) -- Neil Bothwick A chicken is an egg's way of producing more eggs.
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