From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jan 19 00:08:03 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CB2B216A417 for ; Sat, 19 Jan 2008 00:08:03 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from yuri.pankov@gmail.com) Received: from darklight.org.ru (darklight.org.ru [IPv6:2001:470:1f09:81::dead:c0de]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 41CD913C457 for ; Sat, 19 Jan 2008 00:08:01 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from yuri.pankov@gmail.com) Received: from darklight.org.ru (yuri@darklight.org.ru [IPv6:::1]) by darklight.org.ru (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id m0J07s0G022737; Sat, 19 Jan 2008 03:07:55 +0300 (MSK) (envelope-from yuri.pankov@gmail.com) Received: (from yuri@localhost) by darklight.org.ru (8.14.2/8.14.2/Submit) id m0J07sWe022736; Sat, 19 Jan 2008 03:07:54 +0300 (MSK) (envelope-from yuri.pankov@gmail.com) X-Authentication-Warning: darklight.org.ru: yuri set sender to yuri.pankov@gmail.com using -f Date: Sat, 19 Jan 2008 03:07:54 +0300 From: Yuri Pankov To: peter harrison Message-ID: <20080119000754.GD24750@darklight.org.ru> References: <20080118233237.GA1069@desktop.piggybox> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20080118233237.GA1069@desktop.piggybox> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.17 (2007-11-01) Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Build server for ports and world... X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 19 Jan 2008 00:08:03 -0000 On Fri, Jan 18, 2008 at 11:32:37PM +0000, peter harrison wrote: > I'd like to set up a build server at home to save me time when running portupgrade and building world. > > I've read the handbook on this, and I'm happy with the process of NFS mounting /usr/src /usr/obj and /usr/ports etc.. > > I've two questions though. > > First, my home server currently runs 6.2-RELEASE - I update it using freebsd-update and it doesn't have the source for world & kernel. > Is it possible to put the 7.0 source on this and build for installation on my desktop, or do I need to take the server to 7.0 before I do this? Yes, it should be possible. > Second, is there anyway of building packages without installing them? > I'm not keen to put X and all my desktop gubbins on the server when I only need it to build the packages. Look at ports-mgmt/tinderbox, does exactly what you want :-) > Thanks for any help. > > > Peter Harrison. > -- > "`That young girl is one of the least benightedly > unintelligent organic life forms it has been my profound > lack of pleasure not to be able to avoid meeting.'" > > - Marvin's first ever compliment about anybody. HTH, Yuri