On Fri, Jun 12, 2009 at 1:08 PM, Maxim Wexler<maxim.wex...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi group, > > I've read references here and in other forums to building packages on > a desktop PC and installing them on a note/netbook remotely as a way > of relieving stress on the smaller machine. > > Can someone point me to the documentation or howto? I can't seem to > come up with the proper google input that doesn't lead to garbage. > > Maxim
Well, if your systems are VERY similar (chost, cflags, very similar selection of packages, etc) you can use: emerge --buildpkgonly some/thing to build packages, but I personally recommend putting together a chroot to build in for your netbook (I recommend it only, really, because I know it to work as I use it with virtual systems), and using it to build packages. The process isn't too difficult... and is really a lot like any other install. make a directory to hold it, extract an appropriate stage3 (might look at the weekly builds to save a lot of time on updating things), add buildpkg to your FEATURES, build anything you need, possibly even taking the time to do an -- emerge -ev --buildpkgonly world to get up to date packages for everything, then make those packages available to your weaker system through some means (ftp, http, or nfs mounted over /usr/portage/packages). And make sure to always use "emerge -k whatever" to make sure it uses the packages. Also, USE flags should match between the real weaker system and the chroot you built for it. You could also reinstall the weaker system from scratch by treating the chroot as, basically, a stage4 ... leaving you only a need to worry about bootloader, config files, and the kernel being configured and built properly for your needs. A similar, but secondary, option would be to start building for a second system using the host system's compiler and portage, building into a secondary 'ROOT', which I tend to do with systems that have no need at all for a compiler, portage tree, etc, and building packages out of those in the process. -- Poison [BLX] Joshua M. Murphy "After three days without programming, life becomes meaningless." - The Tao Of Programming
