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On Mon, 17 May 2010 19:33:18 +0100, David W Noon wrote: |
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> >I share my distfiles but I don't use FTP as that means storing copies |
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> >of the same file on each computer. Instead, I use NFS. /mnt/portage is |
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> >shared across all machines on the network and DISTDIR is set |
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> >to /mnt/portage/distfiles in each make.conf. |
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> I used to do that, but it meant my NFS server had to be running to |
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> perform any software maintenance on any box, so it became a single point |
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> of failure. The FTP approach allows each box to be self-reliant. |
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Fair comment. I have DISTDIR on my mail server, so if that goes down, |
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I've more to worry about that a few tarballs. Even if it is inaccessible, |
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the other computers would simply download the files to the local |
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directory. |
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> >Sharing /mnt/portage like this means I can also share my overlay across |
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> >the network at /mnt/portage/local. |
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> My boxes have different stuff in their overlays, and one uses no |
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> overlay packages at all. Sharing overlays doesn't make much sense for |
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> my set-up. |
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It makes sense for me because everything is in one place, making |
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maintenance and backups simpler. Even if a package is only used on one |
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computer, for now, a central location still makes sense. |
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Neil Bothwick |
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The computer revolution is over. The computers won. |