On Tue, 1 Feb 2011 05:48:32 -0800 (PST), BRM wrote: > If the machine is not fast enough - mine is a PII 233 w/160 MB RAM, > takes a while do to updates - then you really have to separate out what > you are hosting from what you are using. Otherwise you end up in the > situation that you have started one system update (or software > install), have a build failure for whatever reason, and then can't > complete the same one due to changes in the local copy of portage.
You can still use emerge -sync instead of a home brewed script. In make conf, set SYNC to localhost, then in your cron job, do SYNC="some gentoo rsync mirror" emerge --sync > So, even if your system fell into the first situation - where it is > fast enough > - then I would still recommend doing the little extra to run as the > second situation. It's just far easier to maintain. I've been using a single portage tree to serve a LAN and for use by the host for years with no hint of any of the problems you suggest. I just make sure the cron job on the server syncs earlier than the rest of the LAN and everything is up to date. -- Neil Bothwick Politics: Poli (many) - tics (blood sucking parasites)
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