On Fri, 31 Jul 2009 09:07:14 +0200 (CEST), Helmut Jarausch wrote: > I have 4 identical machines, they only differ in the 2 files > /etc/conf.d/hostname > /etc/conf.d/net > > I'd like to maintain only one of them (updating > GenToo upto several times a week) > and 'rsync' the other ones. > > Now, rsync'ing a life root filesystem is risky. > I don't see any problems for the FS holding /usr.
The whole idea sounds a little risky. I'd use binary packages to keep the other machines up to date. Set FEATURES="buildpkg" in make.conf on each computer and set PKGDIR to a directory accessible by all over NFS. Run your normal emerge -u --whatever world on the first then run the same with -k on the others. That way they all get the same updates but only the first has to compile them. I'd also set up distcc to reduce compile times, but that's a separate step. -- Neil Bothwick Very funny Scotty.. now beam down my pants!
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