Re: [gentoo-user] binary server in both directions?
On 1/6/21 5:50 PM, Peter Humphrey wrote: On Wednesday, 6 January 2021 16:29:45 GMT n952162 wrote: On 1/6/21 4:53 PM, Neil Bothwick wrote: On Wed, 6 Jan 2021 16:46:49 +0100, n952162 wrote: I set up a binary server on one of my real machines to service a vbox hosted on it. It seems to work okay, but both firefox and thunderbird are re-emerging ... I suspect that they changed between when I did a --sync on the host and a --sync on the client. I can't see any problem with configuring the machines in the other direction, as well, so I can "upload" the compiled firefox and thunderbird to the host. Set FEATURES="buildpkg" on both machines and set up a common $PKGDIR (I use NFS for this). Then emerge with the --se-pkg option and if a suitable package has already been build, it will be used, saving compiling again. --se-pkg? I don't fined that in emerge(1). Try --use-pkg, or -k for short startpage.com is smarter than I am.
Re: [gentoo-user] binary server in both directions?
On Wednesday, 6 January 2021 16:29:45 GMT n952162 wrote: > On 1/6/21 4:53 PM, Neil Bothwick wrote: > > On Wed, 6 Jan 2021 16:46:49 +0100, n952162 wrote: > >> I set up a binary server on one of my real machines to service a vbox > >> hosted on it. It seems to work okay, but both firefox and thunderbird > >> are re-emerging ... I suspect that they changed between when I did a > >> --sync on the host and a --sync on the client. > >> > >> I can't see any problem with configuring the machines in the other > >> direction, as well, so I can "upload" the compiled firefox and > >> thunderbird to the host. > > > > Set FEATURES="buildpkg" on both machines and set up a common $PKGDIR (I > > use NFS for this). Then emerge with the --se-pkg option and if a suitable > > package has already been build, it will be used, saving compiling again. > > --se-pkg? I don't fined that in emerge(1). Try --use-pkg, or -k for short > Interestingly, startpage.com took me to > https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Binary_package_guide for that option, but > that page doesn't list that option ;-) -- Regards, Peter.
Re: [gentoo-user] binary server in both directions?
On 1/6/21 4:53 PM, Neil Bothwick wrote: On Wed, 6 Jan 2021 16:46:49 +0100, n952162 wrote: I set up a binary server on one of my real machines to service a vbox hosted on it. It seems to work okay, but both firefox and thunderbird are re-emerging ... I suspect that they changed between when I did a --sync on the host and a --sync on the client. I can't see any problem with configuring the machines in the other direction, as well, so I can "upload" the compiled firefox and thunderbird to the host. Set FEATURES="buildpkg" on both machines and set up a common $PKGDIR (I use NFS for this). Then emerge with the --se-pkg option and if a suitable package has already been build, it will be used, saving compiling again. --se-pkg? I don't fined that in emerge(1). Interestingly, startpage.com took me to https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Binary_package_guide for that option, but that page doesn't list that option ;-)
Re: [gentoo-user] binary server in both directions?
On Wed, 6 Jan 2021 16:46:49 +0100, n952162 wrote: > I set up a binary server on one of my real machines to service a vbox > hosted on it. It seems to work okay, but both firefox and thunderbird > are re-emerging ... I suspect that they changed between when I did a > --sync on the host and a --sync on the client. > > I can't see any problem with configuring the machines in the other > direction, as well, so I can "upload" the compiled firefox and > thunderbird to the host. Set FEATURES="buildpkg" on both machines and set up a common $PKGDIR (I use NFS for this). Then emerge with the --se-pkg option and if a suitable package has already been build, it will be used, saving compiling again. -- Neil Bothwick If a parsley farmer is sued, can they garnish his wages? pgpkxf1tdYqhf.pgp Description: OpenPGP digital signature
