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> Back to the original question. How do I run a number of gentoo boxes |
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> without gcc (or a portage tree)? |
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> -Ronan |
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Sorry for the late post, I'm still catching up on email. |
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I haven't looked into removing gcc (but your comments intrigue me). As |
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for no portage tree, all of my machines auto-NFS mount it from a local |
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build host that also holds the binary packages. The NFS mount is set |
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read-only so the novice doesn't get to emerge on the machine (yes it's |
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easily subverted). I've found this helps with stability since then |
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everything must go through the same build server and I have better |
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guarantees about what is actually on the individual machines. There are |
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a couple of different images to take care of the different roles each of |
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those servers take on (web server, database server, mail server, etc.). |
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I've also been looking into PXE booting so I only need to update a |
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single image. To be honest I'm not quite ready for this yet, but it |
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might be another option for you. |
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Brian |
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