Install from Binary Archives (was Re: port install efficiency issue)

2009-03-26 Thread Dave Howell
On Mar 22, 2009, at 22:54 , Darren Weber wrote: I In effect, every time anybody on this grid has to build a package from source, some kind of meta-package monitor can detect whether the build and install was successful and then make an inquiry of a central managment system as to whether

Re: Install from Binary Archives (was Re: port install efficiency issue)

2009-03-26 Thread Rainer Müller
Dave Howell wrote: What about this: I do a ports install widget, ports looks for a binary, doesn't find one that matches (in this case, the default options and current version), so it goes about building it. When it's done, it says upload compiled binary to binary archives? I say Y,

Re: Install from Binary Archives (was Re: port install efficiency issue)

2009-03-26 Thread Darren Weber
On Thu, Mar 26, 2009 at 3:19 PM, Rainer Müller rai...@macports.org wrote: Dave Howell wrote: What about this: I do a ports install widget, ports looks for a binary, doesn't find one that matches (in this case, the default options and current version), so it goes about building it. When