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On Fri, Oct 01, 2004 at 01:06:38AM +0200, Ioannis Aslanidis wrote: |
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> What happens is that if I install Gentoo ina laboratory of machines, I |
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> don't want to have to do extra configuration... that's all: I'm lazy |
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> ;) |
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Then develop things properly: |
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1. customized rsync tree contain a custom profile (very easy with |
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cascading profiles now). |
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2. partimage (on your own custom livecd) to deploy an initial system |
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image. |
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3. Update each machine as you see suitable. |
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#3 is the only place Portage falls a little bit short presently, |
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requiring you to run emerge on each machine - you can use binary |
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packages to speed things up - but you still have to utilize each |
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machine. There are a few requests in bugzilla about this, for something |
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like the high-end RHN setup, where you can select all of your machines |
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on a webpage, and install a package on them directly. It's mainly |
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waiting on some features in Portage to be developed (an api/interface to |
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'emerge') before the rest of it is possible. |
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