Date: Fri, 16 May 2003 08:55:27 +0200 From: Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@ofug.org> To: Doug Barton <DougB@FreeBSD.org> Cc: kientzle@acm.org Subject: Re: pkg_add Master/Slave mode? Message-ID: <xzpznlnfkio.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no> In-Reply-To: <20030515210248.G11320@znfgre.qbhto.arg> (Doug Barton's message of "Thu, 15 May 2003 21:03:37 -0700 (PDT)") References: <3EC32EC1.6050207@acm.org> <3EC36C7B.7020308@xwave.com> <xzpd6ijhinq.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no> <20030515210248.G11320@znfgre.qbhto.arg>
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Doug Barton <DougB@FreeBSD.org> writes: > On Fri, 16 May 2003, Dag-Erling Smorgrav wrote: > > User Dwayne <Dwayne.MacKinnon@xwave.com> writes: > > > At work I'm often creating custom packages to install our software > > > builds. > > How are you creating those packages? The best way is to use the ports > > system, in which case you shouldn't need to worry about pkg_add. > Errr... that's a little short-sighted. If you're building packages on one > system, and installing them on many, pkg_add is quite useful. :) You're clearly missing context... the issue here is the usefulness of pkg_add master/slave mode for debugging the package creation process. DES -- Dag-Erling Smorgrav - des@ofug.org
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