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From: Christian Heim <phreak@g.o>
To: gentoo-server@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-server] Centralized Gentoo (build -> push/pull) to multiple architectures
Date: Wed, 19 Oct 2005 15:46:43
Message-Id: 200510191746.17144.phreak@gentoo.org
In Reply to: [gentoo-server] Centralized Gentoo (build -> push/pull) to multiple architectures by Robert Larson
1 On Wednesday 19 October 2005 17:25, Robert Larson wrote:
2 > Hello,
3 >
4 > I was wondering if anyone has information on a good method to centrally
5 > build and push packages out to machines with Gentoo. I have multiple
6 > machines setup under multiple processor types, and up until now I have been
7 > executing upgrades on the machines themselves. Since these are production
8 > machines, I would like to set up another machine that acts as a
9 > compile/install machine.
10 >
11 > This might be compareable to a "gold server", as described at
12 > infrastructures.org. I don't suppose I could get around this using distcc?
13 Nope, distcc is only for distributed compiling ...
14
15 You probably want to use some chroots and setup some sort of http/ftp-site for
16 that packages which the gold-servers could fetch then ... (via the BINPKG
17 features of portage, see man emerge / man make.conf for details)
18
19 > Thanks!
20 >
21 > Robert
22
23 Good luck with that.
24
25 Christian
26 --
27 Christian Heim <phreak@g.o>
28 Gentoo Linux Developer (VServer)

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