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On Mon, 29 Sep 2008 06:56:45 -0500 |
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"Spahn, Daniel" <DSpahn@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> Is this project about how to configure Gentoo as a server OS, or is |
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> it about creating a branch of Gentoo dedicated to being a server? In |
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> either case, I have some suggestions... |
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The former. |
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> One of my pet peeves about emerging for a server-grade platform is |
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> that there is no way to truly separate the build/install process that |
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> is easy to track. I have read about the buildpkg and buildpkgonly |
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> options, but I don't like them because they are not geared toward a |
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> sys admin that has several machines that may need different packages |
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> emerged. In my ideal world, the emerge function could be run with a |
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> command switch, which would cause it to run the full emerge without |
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> installing, then with a simple command, list all the built packages |
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> that need to be 'installed'--- much like etc-update. Before I bring |
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> up any more suggestions, I would like to know more about the |
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> gentoo-server project's angle. Can someone point me in the right |
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> direction? |
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First pointer I would give is not to hijack threads, start a new one. |
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