On 30 Jul 2008, at 00:09, Simon wrote:
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I have 3 computers and they are all setup the same with the
exception of the kernel that has different options for the youngest
of my pcs. I'm looking for a simple, easy and efficient way to
keep them all up2date.
I want to avoid 3 --sync to the gentoo servers. I have tried to
setup one of my pc as central server and sync the others on it, but
has the main disadvantage that the other PCs are dependant on it
(ok, it's not so difficult to change make.conf).
Hi Simon,
Your email is very long, so I'm not sure if I've taken it all in, but
what I'd suggest is a shared /usr/portage directory (easily done by
NFS) and distcc.
The shared portage reduces the need to --sync and ensures that all
computers share access to the binary packages once their built.
distcc is, IMO, a bit more elegant than (for instance) trying to
manually emerge binary packages for machine A on PC B. You can tell
it to share the work or just unload it to the most powerful machine.
There may be concerns about using a binary package if USE flags are
different between the two machines, but distcc ensures that the
package is built using those defined in make.conf of the machine on
which you're running emerge.
http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Using_a_shared_portage_via_NFS
http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/distcc.xml
Stroller.
