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On Mon, 2010-05-17 at 21:53 +0100, Neil Bothwick wrote: |
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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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As an alternative check out http-replicator - yes the clients do |
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download to a local directory but that can be cleaned afterwards. It |
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also allows download locally when you know you are taking the machine |
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(laptop?) elsewhere. An advantage over NFS is it seems to handle |
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parallel downloads of the same file so you can transparently build all |
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machines in parallel without the downloads stepping on each other over a |
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common NFS mount. |
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I also use a tmfs store for distfiles on one machine with plenty of ram |
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so thats a self-cleaning (on reboot :) alternative. |
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I have used NFS as well and its ok for data stores http-replicator is |
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much better. Beware - NFS can be slow and flakey if used for building |
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over (/var/tmp/portage). |
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The great thing about gentoo's build system is its so flexible! |
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BillK |
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