[gentoo-dev] --usepkg in emerge

[gentoo-dev] --usepkg in emerge

[fredrik danerklint]

Hi!

Is it possible, that when you are using --usepkg with emerge, could get emerge 
to download the binarie file from a server, just like it would if you're 
gonna compile the source code?

And could I set this feature in the variable "feature"? I didn't see that it 
was possible.

What I'm trying to say, is that some kind of option in /etc/make.conf you 
could use, just like the variable "gentoo_mirrors" but instead have it to 
download the binarie file from a list of server, if the file is availible.

If the variable was called "gentoo_binaries" it would look like this:
GENTOO_BINARIES="http://ftp.fredan.org/gentoo/binaries/amd-athlonxp"
to get the binaries files optimized for amd athlon xp processor.
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Re: [gentoo-dev] --usepkg in emerge

[Marius Mauch]

On 07/30/03  fredrik danerklint wrote:

> Hi!
> 
> Is it possible, that when you are using --usepkg with emerge, could
> get emerge to download the binarie file from a server, just like it
> would if you're gonna compile the source code?
> 
> And could I set this feature in the variable "feature"? I didn't see
> that it was possible.
> 
> What I'm trying to say, is that some kind of option in /etc/make.conf
> you could use, just like the variable "gentoo_mirrors" but instead
> have it to download the binarie file from a list of server, if the
> file is availible.
> 
> If the variable was called "gentoo_binaries" it would look like this:
> GENTOO_BINARIES="http://ftp.fredan.org/gentoo/binaries/amd-athlonxp"
> to get the binaries files optimized for amd athlon xp processor.

The 2.0.49 portage versions have some support for this, but it is still
experimental if I got it right and not documented yet. The new -g and -G
options are for this.

Marius

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Re: [gentoo-dev] --usepkg in emerge

[Matt Thrailkill]

This would be a handy option to have.  I've got a side project going where I'm trying to maintain my own separate Portage trees, and eventually I'd like to build binaries for everything in them and have my boxes install those optionally rather than compiling.

On Thu, 31 Jul 2003 00:25:28 +0200
Marius Mauch <genone@genone.homeip.net> wrote:

> On 07/30/03  fredrik danerklint wrote:
> 
> > Hi!
> > 
> > Is it possible, that when you are using --usepkg with emerge, could
> > get emerge to download the binarie file from a server, just like it
> > would if you're gonna compile the source code?
> > 
> > And could I set this feature in the variable "feature"? I didn't see
> > that it was possible.
> > 
> > What I'm trying to say, is that some kind of option in /etc/make.conf
> > you could use, just like the variable "gentoo_mirrors" but instead
> > have it to download the binarie file from a list of server, if the
> > file is availible.
> > 
> > If the variable was called "gentoo_binaries" it would look like this:
> > GENTOO_BINARIES="http://ftp.fredan.org/gentoo/binaries/amd-athlonxp"
> > to get the binaries files optimized for amd athlon xp processor.
> 
> The 2.0.49 portage versions have some support for this, but it is still
> experimental if I got it right and not documented yet. The new -g and -G
> options are for this.
> 
> Marius
> 
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Re: [gentoo-dev] --usepkg in emerge

[Chris Gianelloni]

On Wed, 2003-07-30 at 19:25, Matt Thrailkill wrote:
> This would be a handy option to have.  I've got a side project going where I'm trying to maintain my own separate Portage trees, and eventually I'd like to build binaries for everything in them and have my boxes install those optionally rather than compiling.

You could always have the portage/packages directory mounted via NFS. 
You would then only need compile any application once.

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Re: [gentoo-dev] --usepkg in emerge

[Matt Thrailkill]

I want to do this over a normal net connection between remote computers though, I don't think its a good idea to have an open nfs mount for the whole internet to use, is it?

On 31 Jul 2003 06:37:11 -0400
Chris Gianelloni <wolf31o2@gentoo.org> wrote:

> You could always have the portage/packages directory mounted via NFS. 
> You would then only need compile any application once.
> 
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Re: [gentoo-dev] --usepkg in emerge

[Chris Gianelloni]

On Thu, 2003-07-31 at 16:50, Matt Thrailkill wrote:
> I want to do this over a normal net connection between remote computers though, I don't think its a good idea to have an open nfs mount for the whole internet to use, is it?

Yeah, that is always double-plus ungood.  ;p

You definitely do not want to do that without tunneling it via ssh or a
VPN.  It appears that this functionality is in testing in the latest
portage betas, so hopefully it will be ironed out soon enough.

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