On Fri, Feb 04, 2005 at 10:56:18AM +0800, Ow Mun Heng wrote > On Fri, 2005-02-04 at 09:40, Neil Walker wrote: > > Walter Dnes wrote: > > > Is there an "offifial Gentoo method" for syncing installed packages on > > > two > > > machines? > > > > The simplest way is to use NFS and simply mount /usr/portage on the host > > machine from the others. It works well here on a network of 6 machines. > > > > Alternatively, you can use rsync. There is a how-to somewhere on the > > Gentoo website. > > This is what I do. > > 1. echo 'GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://129.253.108.99/sync/";' >> /etc/make.conf > 2. Set up Apache so that it serves the portage distfiles (actually) > 3. Set up a Rsync cron job or something that just polls this box. No > need to for a how to.
I don't think I made myself clear enough. I do *NOT* want to duplicate /portage/distfiles. I want to duplicate machine A's definition of "world" on Machine B. -- Walter Dnes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> An infinite number of monkeys pounding away on keyboards will eventually produce a report showing that Windows is more secure, and has a lower TCO, than linux. -- [email protected] mailing list
