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From: Chris Gianelloni <wolf31o2@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: [gentoo-osx] Package testing -- Automated initiative
Date: Mon, 15 Aug 2005 15:37:00
Message-Id: 1124120066.21223.42.camel@cgianelloni.nuvox.net
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: [gentoo-osx] Package testing -- Automated initiative by "Robin H. Johnson"
1 On Sun, 2005-08-14 at 14:22 -0700, Robin H. Johnson wrote:
2 > multiple instances on a 128-node x86 cluster (1/node). There are one or
3 > two things I'd like to change in Catalyst, as they currently make it
4 > slightly dangerous for your system. If for some reason an ebuild goes
5 > wrong, the bind mounts allow it access into your core system, namely
6 > /dev and $DISTDIR and it really hurts to have a bunch of /dev erased on
7 > a box that you don't have quick physical access to (I toasted a few
8 > cluster nodes due to a bug in some scripts this way, but luckily I could
9 > force a remote reinstall).
10
11 I accept patches. *grin*
12
13 By the way, I am working to get catalyst running on OSX, so version 2.0
14 will definite suit your needs when it is released.
15
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17 Chris Gianelloni
18 Release Engineering - Strategic Lead/QA Manager
19 Games - Developer
20 Gentoo Linux

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