From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Nov 22 22:37:40 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B3E9F1065679 for ; Sat, 22 Nov 2008 22:37:40 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from yanefbsd@gmail.com) Received: from rv-out-0506.google.com (rv-out-0506.google.com [209.85.198.225]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8C2A88FC17 for ; Sat, 22 Nov 2008 22:37:40 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from yanefbsd@gmail.com) Received: by rv-out-0506.google.com with SMTP id b25so1458083rvf.43 for ; Sat, 22 Nov 2008 14:37:40 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to :subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type :content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; bh=fti4nf7TIdGs5eHVicCUGK/cyW1P0NJDbBvuM0NKmOk=; b=wS3TdVnUZeylE1pMLnM/0UlStCcGKw2WtH8/qihv5N48uXrAN9yrPILscQNd4NzQRA x05winGq3xHLfthijftC4cN3hKe4BBQXWve7GZq/wPMSuvujwEy77Ws2G1co2L8jbOpW Xcz2UXrdnwlH2jsFHginAAyMLHCY3h2MrxcXU= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version :content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition :references; b=h3rOWfaEmwV1YZTphHHCCahRSz8N/HQcoCJRyB22ViMjWMK2XcjAaWSNDZRYPeaVc+ udppciSL3HTMWY/S4LNLK3+yxCT2pXcicsjK1U4iUimOo7DaSlWk+V2+AArCFQfBx8qH Cv02/0bTGdDeHk2bh6K9yqrUwtZr7QTPzqmZQ= Received: by 10.141.190.9 with SMTP id s9mr1009952rvp.297.1227392013901; Sat, 22 Nov 2008 14:13:33 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.140.158.13 with HTTP; Sat, 22 Nov 2008 14:13:33 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <7d6fde3d0811221413h8f228e8h6b39e45ba7208d10@mail.gmail.com> Date: Sat, 22 Nov 2008 14:13:33 -0800 From: "Garrett Cooper" To: Andrew In-Reply-To: <4927B5BD.1010002@awdcomp.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <4927B5BD.1010002@awdcomp.net> Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: machine for master building of ports and other tid bits X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 22 Nov 2008 22:37:40 -0000 On Fri, Nov 21, 2008 at 11:33 PM, Andrew wrote: > Hi there, > > We have a number of boxes running anything from PIII 733's to AMD64 > Athlon/Opterons. > We are looking to have a machine or 2 dedicated to building all the ports > and other bits and pieces and then pkg them or what have you so that the > production boxes just install the packages or what have you with the least > amount of down time. > > My questions are this: > What sort of box should I use for the 'master' builder box, ie a PIII or any > other box ie say an amd64 5000+ running an i386 version. I don't suggest ancient hardware, like P3's (see my following comment for more details). > Also I assume we'll need a separate box for the machines running amd64 > kernel, would that be correct? Unless you had 1) cross-compilation setup properly or 2) jails within an AMD64 machine, yes, this assumption is true. However, doing 2) is considerably easy for admins and allows you to build packages for multiple OS revisions as well and test, and if you have beefy enough compile servers, then yes you can run with a series of AMD64 based machines and can avoid wasting power on dedicated x86 boxes. > TIA for your replies :) > > Cheers > cya > Andrew HTH, -Garrett