From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 015DB1381F3 for ; Fri, 27 Sep 2013 20:30:44 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 5FC0AE0C68; Fri, 27 Sep 2013 20:30:37 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [140.211.166.183]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 31A60E0C35 for ; Fri, 27 Sep 2013 20:30:36 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1236A33ED62 for ; Fri, 27 Sep 2013 20:30:35 +0000 (UTC) X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new using ClamAV at gentoo.org X-Spam-Flag: NO X-Spam-Score: -2.529 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.529 tagged_above=-999 required=5.5 tests=[AWL=-0.100, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE=-0.0001, RP_MATCHES_RCVD=-2.427, SPF_HELO_PASS=-0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001] autolearn=unavailable Received: from smtp.gentoo.org ([IPv6:::ffff:127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.gentoo.org [IPv6:::ffff:127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id cWEsGiZndVoB for ; Fri, 27 Sep 2013 20:30:29 +0000 (UTC) Received: from plane.gmane.org (plane.gmane.org [80.91.229.3]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 236B233EAF7 for ; Fri, 27 Sep 2013 20:30:26 +0000 (UTC) Received: from list by plane.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1VPegB-0002jG-Qd for gentoo-user@gentoo.org; Fri, 27 Sep 2013 22:30:24 +0200 Received: from rrcs-71-40-157-251.se.biz.rr.com ([71.40.157.251]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Fri, 27 Sep 2013 22:30:23 +0200 Received: from wireless by rrcs-71-40-157-251.se.biz.rr.com with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Fri, 27 Sep 2013 22:30:23 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org From: James Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: Managing multiple systems with identical hardware Date: Fri, 27 Sep 2013 20:30:05 +0000 (UTC) Message-ID: References: <524358B0.1060000@gmail.com> <52449C1A.5000306@gmail.com> <5245E03A.2020605@gmail.com> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: sea.gmane.org User-Agent: Loom/3.14 (http://gmane.org/) X-Loom-IP: 71.40.157.251 (Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:17.0) Gecko/17.0 Firefox/17.0 SeaMonkey/2.14) X-Archives-Salt: 4a641666-b25e-4b48-a64f-10ec82097bd8 X-Archives-Hash: 28ff5b11631fa1a235486c493699e3ab Alan McKinnon gmail.com> writes: > I'm slowly coming to conclsuion that you are trying to solve a problem > with Gentoo that binary distros already solved a very long time ago. You > are forcing yourself to become the sole maintainer of GrantOS and do all > the heavy lifting of packaging. But, Mint and friends already did all > that work already and frankly, they are much better at it than you or I. > > I think it will work if I can find a way to manage the few differences > > above. Am I overlooking any potential issues? I think Grant Should look at CFengine, if he is not familar with it. It is the traditional 800 pound Gorrilla when it comes to managing many systems. Surely there are folks there in those forums that can help Grant filter his ideas until they are ready for action. CFengine is in portage. Alan may be right, as CFengine (or whatever) may work better with a binary distribution and is probable more tightly integrated with something like debian or such OSes. hth, James