[gentoo-amd64] Re: CUPS now failing with "/usr/libexec/cups/filter/foomatic-rip failed"

[Duncan <1i5t5.duncan@cox.net>]

Duncan <1i5t5.duncan@cox.net> posted pan.2008.03.25.11.05.06@cox.net,
excerpted below, on  Tue, 25 Mar 2008 11:05:07 +0000:

> You have multiple machines.  Are you making use of binary packages?
> Assuming you use portage, FEATURES=buildpkg on your first upgraded
> machine, with all machines set to use the same PKGDIR and using emerge
> --usepkgonly (-K) on everything but the first one (at least where USE
> flags are the same, and assuming compatible machine and instruction
> types) should be a real boon to you.

This one's probably worth pointing out by itself.  With multiple 
machines, particularly all those myth client machines likely configured 
virtually identically, you really /are/ wasting time if you are 
rebuilding from source for each one.  That's what Features=buildpkg, the 
PKGDIR var, and --usepkgonly are for, after all. =8^)  (I assume the 
other-than-portage package managers have similar binary package features, 
but wouldn't know the settings or how to invoke them.)

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