From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 17207 invoked by uid 1002); 13 Apr 2003 08:14:33 -0000 Mailing-List: contact gentoo-dev-help@gentoo.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org Received: (qmail 12153 invoked from network); 13 Apr 2003 08:14:32 -0000 X-Authentication-Warning: aries.dmz1.securecirt.com: michael set sender to michael.boman@securecirt.com using -f Date: Sun, 13 Apr 2003 16:14:30 +0800 From: Michael Boman To: Jon Portnoy Cc: Gentoo Development List Message-ID: <20030413161430.F21077@securecirt.com> References: <20030413153621.D21077@securecirt.com> <20030413074002.GA29121@cerberus.oppresses.us> <20030413154521.E21077@securecirt.com> <20030413074706.GA29264@cerberus.oppresses.us> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="KJY2Ze80yH5MUxol" Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <20030413074706.GA29264@cerberus.oppresses.us>; from avenj@gentoo.org on Sun, Apr 13, 2003 at 03:47:06AM -0400 Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Only offer pre-compiled packages? X-Archives-Salt: 8ea415f6-1477-4e41-b573-cc522c057b65 X-Archives-Hash: 444a19bc7b7e4a1cd9b5577059637a89 --KJY2Ze80yH5MUxol Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sun, Apr 13, 2003 at 03:47:06AM -0400, Jon Portnoy wrote: >=20 > Capital K, which (I believe) is use binary packages only. >=20 Yes, you are correct. Please take note, the man page is out-of-date. With capital K I belive I have what I need ;) Thanks Jon! Best regards Michael Boman > On Sun, Apr 13, 2003 at 03:45:21PM +0800, Michael Boman wrote: > > On Sun, Apr 13, 2003 at 03:40:02AM -0400, Jon Portnoy wrote: > > >=20 > > > I think the -K option for emerge does this. > > >=20 > > > On Sun, Apr 13, 2003 at 03:36:21PM +0800, Michael Boman wrote: > > > > Is there a way to let machines only see (updated) pre-compiled pack= ages > > > > when they do 'emerge -p world'? I am thinking of providing a local > > > > repository of "authorized/tested" software over NFS and when you do > > > > 'emerge world' it will take the latest version from the pre-compiled > > > > pile of packages, totally ignoring what is availble as ebuild's from > > > > rsync.gentoo.org or in the PORTAGE_OVERLAY dir.. > > > >=20 > > > > Doable? How? > >=20 > > From the emerge man-page: > >=20 > > --usepkg (-k) > > Tells emerge to use binary packages (from $PKGDIR) if they = are > > available, thus possibly avoiding some time-consuming compil= es. > > This option is useful for CD installs; you can exp= ort > > PKGDIR=3D/mnt/cdrom/packages and then use this option to = have > > emerge "pull" binary packages from the CD in order to sati= sfy > > dependencies. > >=20 > > My biggest problem is the wording > > "to use binary packages (from $PKGDIR) >>if<< they are available" > >=20 > > It hints that if a newer ebuild is availble it will still be compiled, > > and not taken from the pre-compiled repository. > >=20 > > If I am wrong please let me know ;) > >=20 --=20 Michael Boman Security Architect, SecureCiRT Pte Ltd http://www.securecirt.com --KJY2Ze80yH5MUxol Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE+mRxlds5fQJiraJwRAn+GAKDDvsVK6Nhs4gO1XfsP8RMWXUafTQCeNcGf 6IaCWoCsRdZTnDGg0Gq6Rmc= =+m5R -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --KJY2Ze80yH5MUxol--