pkg_add Master/Slave mode?

Dag-Erling Smorgrav des at ofug.org
Thu May 15 23:55:31 PDT 2003


Doug Barton <DougB at FreeBSD.org> writes:
> On Fri, 16 May 2003, Dag-Erling Smorgrav wrote:
> > User Dwayne <Dwayne.MacKinnon at xwave.com> writes:
> > > At work I'm often creating custom packages to install our software
> > > builds.
> > How are you creating those packages?  The best way is to use the ports
> > system, in which case you shouldn't need to worry about pkg_add.
> Errr... that's a little short-sighted. If you're building packages on one
> system, and installing them on many, pkg_add is quite useful. :)

You're clearly missing context...  the issue here is the usefulness of
pkg_add master/slave mode for debugging the package creation process.

DES
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