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On Thu, 29 Nov 2007 11:53:57 -0500, Derek Bodner wrote: |
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> Some sysadmins worry about having a compiler installed on a production |
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> system, and there are valid reasons to be concerned, but most of those |
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> can be averted with a little extra care. In the end, I think the worry |
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> about a compiler is sometimes overblown. |
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> Finally, if there isn't a time of day that will be a "down" time of day |
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> traffic-wise, you may be worried about compiling apps will slow down |
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> performance on the server. Setting up distcc and having portage use |
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> that could be a huge help. |
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Both of these can be addressed by not compiling on the live server at |
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all. Compile on another box with FEATURES="buildpkg" and, after testing, |
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roll out to the live server with emerge --usepkgonly. |
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Neil Bothwick |
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