Re: [gentoo-server] Binary 'mirror' server?

[Kerin Millar]

> On Wed, Jul 07, 2004 at 09:14:42AM -0700 or thereabouts, Jason Qualkenbush
> wrote:
>> Is there a document on this somewhere?
>
> You're talking about PORTAGE_BINHOST.  man make.conf for more info.

Just to elaborate a little further, I would recommend maintaining a
consistent "profile" across all machines involved. That is, same USE
flags, same /etc/make.profile linkage and the contents of /etc/portage (if
any) should also be the same across the board.

Other than that, it should just be a matter of sharing $PKGDIR over ftp or
http, setting PORTAGE_BINHOST on the "clients" and ensuring that the
CFLAGS involved don't go beyond the lowest common demononinator in terms
of capabilities ;)

I would also suggest setting at least FEATURES="sandbox buildpkg" on the
package "server" for convenience. Having said that one might not always
wish to build binary packages for certain ebuilds (emerge --buildpkg
gentoo-dev-sources anyone?).

Regards,

--Kerin Francis Millar