Sharing /usr/ports
Gordon Ross
freebsd at gordonross.org.uk
Sat Sep 24 09:06:54 PDT 2005
I've got two FreeBSD 5.4 machines. One is a server, the other is a
desktop.
I've mounted on the desktop the /usr/ports directory from the server. My
idea being that I could share the one /usr/ports directory amongst my
machines and save disc space, and also save having to recompile everything
whenever I install a port.
My problem is that, if I do a "make" on one machine, I can't then do a
"make install" on the other machine. (When I try, nothing happens)
I haven't mounted any of the directories from under /var/db (e.g. pkg,
ports)
Is what I'm trying to do possible ?
If so, what am I missing or doing wrong ?
Thanks,
GTG
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