make install port question across nfs

Dan Nelson dnelson at allantgroup.com
Mon Apr 14 22:19:51 PDT 2003


In the last episode (Apr 14), Doug Poland said:
> I'm trying to build a port on a fast machine and export the
> /usr/ports /usr/src /usr/obj via nfs to a number of slower machines.
> After running make on the fast machine, I want to do a make install
> on the slower boxes.
> 
> The port builds fine on the fast machine and a make install works
> too.  What I'm seeing is the slower boxes just return a shell prompt
> after executing make install.  Nothing happens.  Even if I run make,
> nothing happens.  All machines are running 4.8-STABLE and have
> identical /etc/make.conf files (attached).

You need to run "make reinstall", which ignores the
.install_done.${PKGNAME} flag created by the first "make install".

-- 
	Dan Nelson
	dnelson at allantgroup.com


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