On Tue, 05 Apr 2011 09:48:50 -0500, Dale wrote: > > Alternatively, use an NFS mount as $DISTDIR and you don't end up with > > copies of the tarballs on every machine on the network.
> I did that once and I don't recall having any problems. I had 4 rigs > plus a really slow dial-up connection. When I found out about > http-replicator and rsync, I started using it. I couldn't tell any > difference tho. > > If you do use NFS, I think you have to run emerge --metadata on the > secondary machines. That may have changed since it has been a while. You may do if you put $PORTDIR on NFS, but I am only sharing $DISTDIR. -- Neil Bothwick Dream as if you'll live forever. Live as if you'll die today.
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