Greetings Mark, and thank you kindly for your extremely thoughtful, and informative reply. > On Thu, Aug 1, 2013, at 11:07, Chris H wrote: >> While that all sounds "dreamy". I don't think setting something >> like that up on a *half* up(graded|dated) server, should even be >> considered. Much less even possible. :( >> > > Oh, it's more than possible. > > 1) Install poudriere, minimal configuration if you have ZFS, bit more if > you use UFS > 2) # poudriere ports -c # creates ports tree for build env > 3) # poudirere jail -c -j your_buildjail_name -a arch -v X.X-RELEASE # > creates your build jail for your release+architecture > 4) put your /etc/make.conf in > /usr/local/etc/poudriere.d/your_buildjail_name-make.conf > 5) copy your /var/db/ports (port options) to > /usr/local/etc/poudirere.d/your_buildjail_name-options/ > 6) poudriere bulk -j your_buildjail_name -f list_of_ports.txt > > wait a bit as it builds all your packages in a cleanroom environment > > 7) configure /usr/local/etc/pkg.conf to point to these packages > (file://usr/local/poudriere/data/packages/your_buildjail_name-default/) > 8) pkg update > 9) pkg upgrade > > that will probably fix you up, but there might be a small dragon or two Greatly appreciated. While it looks, at first, a bit daunting. I can't imagine a better introduction.
Thanks again. --chris > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-stable-unsubscr...@freebsd.org" > _______________________________________________ freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-stable-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"