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On Tue, 28 Oct 2003 17:24:12 +0100 |
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Vano D <gentoo-dev@××××××××××××××××.com> wrote: |
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> I wonder if it would be possible to somehow remotely "mount" the rest |
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> of |
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> the stuff such as gcc/python etc.. as with portage. So this way the |
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> system would be completely clean and when it needs to be updated a |
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> script would mount/link the tools from a remote system and after its |
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> done upgrading it would unlink and we are left with a lean clean |
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> system. |
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http://ovlfs.sf.net/ (if I recall correctly) might be the thing here. |
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however, last I head any application that tries to chroot() on an |
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overlay mounted FS will bite the dust. |
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Another alternative is to use a staging machine to build binaries, then |
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simply untar the .tbz2 files, instead of using portage to do it. (evil |
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solution actually ;) |
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After that, some manual pruning should get the things in order. |
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Though, for a server you don't gain anything in security by removing |
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compilers and development tools. perhaps in complexity and size, though. |
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//Spider |
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