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On 01/19/2014 10:28 PM, Thanasis wrote: |
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> on 19/01/2014 09:38 μμ Alexander Kapshuk wrote the following: |
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>> -------- Original Message -------- |
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>> Subject: re: setting up binhost |
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>> Date: Fri, 17 Jan 2014 18:45:03 +0200 |
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>> From: Alexander Kapshuk <alexander.kapshuk@×××××.com> |
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>> To: gentoo-user@l.g.o |
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>> I would like to set up one of my Gentoo systems as a binary host to |
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>> build and distribute packages that normally take longer to compile, like |
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>> libreoffice, firefox and thuderbird, to another Gentoo system of mine |
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>> with less RAM. |
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>> I've been following the instructions found here, |
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>> http://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Binary_package_guide. |
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> In the above guide, did you pay attention to the following section? |
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> Other configuration variables |
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> For binary packages to be usable on other systems they must fulfill some |
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> requirements. |
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> First, architecture and CHOST must match. |
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> Second, the C(XX)FLAGS have to be chosen in a way that both the |
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> binary package server and the client systems can run the binaries. |
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> Third, USE flags for processor specific features like MMX, SSE,... |
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> have to be chosen in a way that all systems have the enabled features, |
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> or the packages using these features have to be rebuilt on the client |
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> systems from source. |
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Thanks for your response. |
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Both, the binhost and the client system have the variables you mentioned |
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matching. |
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I've test run thunderbird on the client system. So far, it seems to be |
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functioning all right. |
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Thanks. |
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