FreeBSD Custom Package Server

Philip M. Gollucci pgollucci at p6m7g8.com
Sat Apr 5 19:51:35 UTC 2008


Maxim Khitrov wrote:
> A request for new package should contain in itself all the relevant
> settings. If that means sending the make.conf file from the client to
> the server - fine. Have the build server adapt for each new request,
> build the requested port and dependencies, create the package(s), and
> remove the port from the local system. The client can then download
> the package, build server goes on to process the next request, and no
> disk space is wasted. Am I being a bit overambitious? :)
I think that might drive you batty, as some ports require kernel source,
other build differently depending on how the 'world' was built.

Would ports-mgmt/tinderbox work for you ?

1 jail per OS version (5,6,7,8)
1 ports tree
1 make.conf per configuration



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