Date: Tue, 25 Mar 2014 08:58:21 +0000 From: Arthur Chance <freebsd@qeng-ho.org> To: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com>, David Newman <dnewman@networktest.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Using pkg with build options Message-ID: <5331452D.9020609@qeng-ho.org> In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1403241954020.32550@wonkity.com> References: <372190939.49499.1395582789284.JavaMail.mail@webmail12> <20140323150144.029c571e.freebsd@edvax.de> <532F15D8.10403@FreeBSD.org> <20140323185258.e389040f.freebsd@edvax.de> <5330C120.40905@networktest.com> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1403241749220.31770@wonkity.com> <5330CB20.3090705@networktest.com> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1403241954020.32550@wonkity.com>
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On 25/03/2014 01:55, Warren Block wrote: > On Mon, 24 Mar 2014, David Newman wrote: > >>> Using Poudriere to build binary packages of your own is not required. >>> But if you want to do it, there's a short section on setting up >>> Poudriere in the Handbook: >>> http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/ports-poudriere.html >>> >> >> Part of the appeal of pkg is that package binaries install much faster >> than waiting for 'portmaster -aD' to complete after updating the ports >> tree. >> >> However, if I understand that poudriere link, it would still build my >> custom packages from ports, and thus there isn't much time savings. >> Correct? > > Yes. Poudriere is really only helpful if you have multiple machines > using the same binary packages. One machine builds all the packages, > then the rest of them install from it. It can be useful even if you have only one machine. In the past I've had a portmaster update fail half way through due to ports that break when using the particular mix of options I set, leaving me with an incompatible mix of old and new ports. If you use poudriere the update can be an all or nothing operation - only update if all the ports compiled OK. But one should always read and act on /usr/ports/UPDATING of course. I've been caught out by being too hasty even with poudriere.
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