begin quote On Tue, 28 Oct 2003 17:24:12 +0100 Vano D <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I wonder if it would be possible to somehow remotely "mount" the rest > of > the stuff such as gcc/python etc.. as with portage. So this way the > system would be completely clean and when it needs to be updated a > script would mount/link the tools from a remote system and after its > done upgrading it would unlink and we are left with a lean clean > system. http://ovlfs.sf.net/ (if I recall correctly) might be the thing here. however, last I head any application that tries to chroot() on an overlay mounted FS will bite the dust. Another alternative is to use a staging machine to build binaries, then simply untar the .tbz2 files, instead of using portage to do it. (evil solution actually ;) After that, some manual pruning should get the things in order. Though, for a server you don't gain anything in security by removing compilers and development tools. perhaps in complexity and size, though. //Spider -- begin .signature This is a .signature virus! Please copy me into your .signature! See Microsoft KB Article Q265230 for more information. end
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