For those who are interested in this discussion, I'd like to point you to the openSUSE Build Service (in alpha stage):
http://build.opensuse.org They have a web GUI/CLI for performing automatic builds of packages and they not only support SUSE Linux but also other distributions like Fedora, Mandriva, Debian and Ubuntu in x86 and x86_64 configurations. I am currently maintaining some HPC-related packages via the service. Cheers, Bernard > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ed Hill > Sent: Thursday, September 07, 2006 6:44 > To: Maxence Dunnewind > Cc: beowulf@beowulf.org > Subject: Re: [Beowulf] Create cluster : questions > > On Mon, 4 Sep 2006 21:23:03 +0200 > "Maxence Dunnewind" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hi. > > > > i'm a user of the Ubuntu Linux OS, and also a packager for this OS. > > As you may know , packaging can be take a lot of time, mainly > > during building process. > > I would create a public cluster for help packagers. All Ubuntu > > users can accept we use their computers on the cluster. But the > > cluster system MUST only use free ressource of this computers (and > > maybe user could set a quota)... > > > > i want people only have to install some software (no kernel > > compilation or other things). > > > > I want know if beowulf could works in this case ???? > > > Hi Maxence, > > Have you looked at distcc? Its probably closest to what you're > requesting: > > http://distcc.samba.org/ > > > I help out with Fedora Extras so I can certainly appreciate the time > that goes into compiling packages! It would be nice to have a > distributed build system with per-compilation-unit (eg. per-object- > file) granularity. But I'm afraid it may be a somewhat complicated > task for, for instance, Fedora Extras since the FE build system uses > a chroot-ed environment (the "mock" package) to ensure build > cleanliness and the presence of all the needed dependencies. Maybe > NFS-mounting the chroot would be sufficient...? > > If you split up the work on a per-package and per-architecture basis > (i386, x86-64, ppc, etc.) then its relatively (!) straight-forward to > build a cluster with the necessary hardware and perform builds of > separate packages/arches on a simultaneous (each in different chroots > on potentially different machines) basis. Thats exactly what the > current Fedora Extras build system (called "plague") does. You can > see some details at: > > http://buildsys.fedoraproject.org/build-status/index.psp > http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Extras/BuildSystemClientSetup > > And I only discuss Fedora Extras because its what I'm familiar with. > I'd be curious to hear how build systems work for other distros! > > Ed > > -- > Edward H. Hill III, PhD | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | http://eh3.com/ > _______________________________________________ > Beowulf mailing list, Beowulf@beowulf.org > To change your subscription (digest mode or unsubscribe) > visit http://www.beowulf.org/mailman/listinfo/beowulf > _______________________________________________ Beowulf mailing list, Beowulf@beowulf.org To change your subscription (digest mode or unsubscribe) visit http://www.beowulf.org/mailman/listinfo/beowulf
