you can do that yes, and then copy the package to server, and use emerge -k gcc as you said. you could also set distcc up :) but thats not as smart for your case
On Wed, 2003-12-10 at 23:51, Aaron Walker wrote: > I know I have read about this before on this list, but I didn't see any > archives on the gentoo site to try to search (unless I just missed it). > > I am trying to emerge a package on my fast desktop machine and then > install it on my mail server (which would take hours if I tried to > emerge it there). > > For example, I am trying to emerge the latest gcc for my mail server (a > P-MMX 233). > > I think I know how to do it, I just wanted to check with the list to > make sure before I attempted it. > > Is the following correct? > > On desktop box: > # export CHOST="i586-pc-linux-gnu" > # export CFLAGS="-O3 -mcpu=pentium-mmx -funroll-loops -pipe" > # emerge -B gcc > > The emerge man page says it creates the package in PKGDIR/All > so I would just copy the package to the mail server's PKGDIR then run > emerge -K gcc? > > Thanks, > Aaron -- Regards, Redeeman () ascii ribbon campaign - against html e-mail /\ - against microsoft attachments -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
