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On 08/22/05 Ricardo Loureiro wrote: |
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> 1- Can I RSYNC_EXCLUDE everything except profiles and have an usable |
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> system? |
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Define "usable". As only portage uses the tree it would be the only |
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thing that might break. |
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> 2- There was a portagesql effort, is it dead? |
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As far as I know, yes. But it wasn't what you wanted anyway (only |
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implemented a SQL cache for faster searching, interesting that almost |
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every "rewrite" attempt implements searching first) |
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> 3- If I tweak a custom profile not to have dev packages such as gcc, |
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> what kind of problems should I expect? Which packages from the base |
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> profile MUST exist? The idea is that the client machines should not |
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> be capable of compiling software. |
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I'd guess baselayout + it's deps + libc are the absolute minimum |
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(excluding baselayout-lite and other embedded solutions). |
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> 4- Any ideas on how the conf files should be handled? |
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Depends on your client nodes, if they are (almost) identical I'd just |
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sync them from a master node. If not it gets complicated. |
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Anyway, I hope you realize that your project doesn't only involve |
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hacking on portage, but rewriting almost all of it for the client part. |
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Actually I'd rather suggest you start from scratch (so you also make it |
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work completely without a tree), or wait for Brians rewrite in HEAD (not |
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a good idea though if you have a deadline). Server should be less of an |
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issue, mostly config tweaks there. |
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But as Donnie said, gentoo-portage-dev is the better list for this |
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discussion. |
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Marius |
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