Date: Sun, 21 Jan 2007 18:17:20 +0100 From: Martin Tournoij <carpetsmoker@xs4all.nl> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: upgrading from 6.1 to 6.2 with custom kernel Message-ID: <20070121171719.GA8903@glitch.carpetsmoker.net> In-Reply-To: <45B398B0.5030906@qwirky.net> References: <60882.192.168.11.7.1169318360.squirrel@lists.lc-words.com> <200701201325.16571.freebsd@dfwlp.com> <d7195cff0701201858r34a64e0fr55ce05cb23d6f6c1@mail.gmail.com> <200701210829.52858.freebsd@dfwlp.com> <45B398B0.5030906@qwirky.net>
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On Sun, Jan 21, 2007 at 11:45:36AM -0500, Jeff Royle wrote: > Jonathan Horne wrote: > >On Saturday 20 January 2007 20:58, illoai@gmail.com wrote: > >>Terrific waste of bandwidth. > >*shrug* i dont see it that way. i see it as insurance that when i build kernels for 15 machines, > >they are all getting the cleanest sources possible, with absolutely nothing left over from a > >previous build. > > If you wish to sync 15 machines and plan on doing that a lot, it would benefit you to setup a > private cvs mirror. > > You use 1 machine as your mirror, it syncs say once a day or week or hour whatever off the main cvs > mirror sites. > > You then have your other machines sync off that. This would ensure all your systems are kept in > line with the same src. > > This would save on bandwidth for both yourself and the mirror sites. > > Cheers, > > Jeff Another possible solution would be to export your /usr/src directory with NFS. I use this for my src and ports directory, and it works quite well, it's easy to setup, bandwidth friendly, and easy to maintain.
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