On Sun, 11 Jun 2006 10:37:08 +0800, William Kenworthy wrote:

> Used to do that - heaps of problems when using multiple machines and
> multiple users.

There used to be problems when trying to download the same file from two
computers at once, but NFS-aware file locking in portage fixed that quite
a long time ago.

> > I don't really see the need for such elaborate setups. I just export
> > /usr/portage/distfiles via NFS on the server and mount it on all other
> > boxes...


-- 
Neil Bothwick

In plumbing, a straight flush is better than a full house.