From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 24232 invoked from network); 29 Nov 2004 01:10:21 +0000 Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (156.56.111.197) by lists.gentoo.org with AES256-SHA encrypted SMTP; 29 Nov 2004 01:10:21 +0000 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([156.56.111.196] helo=parrot.gentoo.org) by smtp.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.41) id 1CYa3Z-0000tw-L5 for arch-gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org; Mon, 29 Nov 2004 01:10:21 +0000 Received: (qmail 25154 invoked by uid 89); 29 Nov 2004 01:10:21 +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 23110 invoked from network); 29 Nov 2004 01:10:20 +0000 Message-ID: <41AA772F.5050005@scms.waikato.ac.nz> Date: Mon, 29 Nov 2004 14:11:11 +1300 From: Dax Bunce User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 0.7.1 (X11/20040716) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: skoehler@upb.de CC: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org References: <41AA36A1.5010801@scms.waikato.ac.nz> <41AA5017.8050402@scms.waikato.ac.nz> In-Reply-To: <41AA5017.8050402@scms.waikato.ac.nz> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.84.2.0 X-Enigmail-Supports: pgp-inline, pgp-mime Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: Nvidia-kernel drivers masked.... X-Archives-Salt: b5e68447-f2e5-493f-a91e-1d8c7d774941 X-Archives-Hash: 3d5e508eafc494262ccca5c009c2da2b Also, there is a script to manage a binary package repository, explained here: Cheers Dax Bunce wrote: > Hi, > We do use binary packages, but some things like kernel modules are > better created on the fly - for example when we roll out a new kernel > and the client reboots on the new kernel it will build the appropriate > display modules. This can be done using binary packages, but creates > more work as new binary packages have to be created every time the > kernel is upgraded. > > We have documented the initial setup of our installer, but havent had > time to document the maintenance side of it. It will be posted up when > we finish the docs. > > The docs that exist so far are here: > > This goes as far as explaining the installation process only. > > Cheers > Dax > > Stefan Schweizer wrote: > >> On Sun, 28 Nov 2004 22:07:53 +0100, Sven Köhler wrote: >> >> >>> What kind of automated installer is this? I thought about writing one >>> myself, but that might not be necessary if there is one already that i >>> haven't found yet. >>> >> >> >> You could help with the gentoo-installer project, if you like writing >> installers. >> >> Dax Bunce: you can just tell your installer to echo >> "media-video/nvidia-kernel -*" >> /etc/portage/package.keywords >> >> > It looks like we will have to at this point! Cheers. > >> That should be possible on an automated install :) >> >> >> Stefan >> >> -- >> gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing list >> >> >> > > -- > gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing list > -- gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing list