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From: Frank Steinmetzger <Warp_7@gmx.de>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user]  kde4 upgrading
Date: Tue, 27 Oct 2009 23:47:23 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <200910272347.26699.Warp_7@gmx.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200910280024.30685.alan.mckinnon@gmail.com>

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Am Dienstag, 27. Oktober 2009 schrieb Alan McKinnon:

> > Since I try to keep the system with the same packages installed, as to
> > not cause me to go crazy. Most are using SETS and the /etc/portage
> > files are a mess and all different.
> >
> >
> > Simplification and consolidation on kde 4 that is stable is my goal.
> > Trying to upgrade causes a painful one step at a time editing of
> > the /etc/portage files. I need to get away from that!
>
> Pick the primary workstation and get that one right, either using sets you
> like or the -meta packages.
>
> x11-terms/clusterssh is your friend here:
>
> configure it to log into all your workstations;
> launch it;
> what you type is sent to every workstation
>
> aka how-to-update-many-machines-in-parallel

Another possibility would be to compile on one machine and then distribute the 
binary packages using --buildpkg and --usepkg. That would only work of course 
if the hardware is identical and/or CFLAGS and CHOST are compatible.
-- 
Gruß | Greetings | Qapla'
"Do not handicap your children by making their lives easy." (R. Heinlein)

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  reply	other threads:[~2009-10-27 22:47 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2009-10-27 16:13 [gentoo-user] kde4 upgrading James
2009-10-27 22:24 ` Alan McKinnon
2009-10-27 22:47   ` Frank Steinmetzger [this message]
2009-10-28  0:30     ` [gentoo-user] " James
2009-10-27 23:54   ` [gentoo-user] " Neil Bothwick
2009-10-28  0:28   ` [gentoo-user] " James
2009-10-28  4:37     ` Jonathan Callen
2009-10-28  8:58     ` Alan McKinnon
2009-10-28 13:44     ` Stroller
2009-10-29 14:59       ` [gentoo-user] Re (DONE): " James
2009-10-29 17:53         ` Stroller
2009-10-29 19:17         ` Alan McKinnon

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