On 1/3/08, paul beard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > On Jan 3, 2008 12:17 PM, Tabitha McNerney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hello all -- > > > > I would like to build, from source, on an Xserve running Leopard Server, > > a "standard" MacPorts system that could be deployed, in an organization, on > > numerous other Apple servers running the same version of the OS ( e.g. > > Leopard Server). In doing so I would use Apple's command-line tools (such as > > hdiutil and asr) create a restorable disk image (.dmg) file of a disc volume > > that hangs off an external disk on my original Xserve which houses the > > MacPorts prefix ( e.g., /opt/local). I would then restore from this disc > > image to the additional machines slated to be the recipients of the original > > standard. > > > > I wonder if some combination of nfs (to mount your master repository), > rsync (to update your local store) and some voodoo with a regex to update > any files that are tied to hostnames (all your master builds might be tagged > with "master" or "changeme"). >
Paul, Appreciate the directional suggestion! Probably I could live without NFS and rsync, as I'd probably be ok with with cloning a master courtesy of the diskutil, hdiutil and asr tools on OS X. The regex is probably the way to go! Thanks, T.M. [SNIP]
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