From 890b34bcc1a6b4073d1e512b1386634f7bc5ea52 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Adam T. Carpenter" Date: Wed, 21 Apr 2021 22:57:39 -0400 Subject: unified posts dir, until I can figure out makefile sub-subdirs. makefile auto-generates index --- .../2020-07-26-now-this-is-a-minimal-install.html | 101 +++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 101 insertions(+) create mode 100644 posts/2020-07-26-now-this-is-a-minimal-install.html (limited to 'posts/2020-07-26-now-this-is-a-minimal-install.html') diff --git a/posts/2020-07-26-now-this-is-a-minimal-install.html b/posts/2020-07-26-now-this-is-a-minimal-install.html new file mode 100644 index 0000000..64652a7 --- /dev/null +++ b/posts/2020-07-26-now-this-is-a-minimal-install.html @@ -0,0 +1,101 @@ + + + + + + + + + + + + + 53hornet ➙ Now This is a Minimal Install! + + + + + +
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Now This is a Minimal Install!

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+ I just got done configuring Poudriere on Freebsd 12.1-RELEASE. The + awesome thing about it is it allows you to configure and maintain your + own package repository. All of the ports and their dependencies are + built from source with personalized options. That means that I can + maintain my own repo of just the packages I need with just the + compile-time options I need. For example, for the Nvidia driver set I + disabled all Wayland related flags. I use Xorg so there was no need to + have that functionality built in. +

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+ Compile times are pretty long but I hope to change that by upgrading my + home server to FreeBSD as well (from Ubuntu Server). Then I can + configure poudriere to serve up a ports tree and my own pkg repo from + there. The server is a lot faster than my laptop and will build packages + way faster, and I'll be able to use those packages on both the server + and my laptop and any jails I have running. Jails (and ZFS) also make + poudriere really cool to use as all of the building is done inside a + jail. When the time comes I can just remove the jail and poudriere ports + tree from my laptop and update pkg to point to my web server. +

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+ This is, as I understand it, the sane way to do package management in + FreeBSD. The binary package repo is basically the ports tree + pre-assembled with default options. Sometimes those packages are + compiled without functionality that most users don't need. In those + situations, you're forced to use ports. The trouble is you're not really + supposed to mix ports and binary packages. The reason, again as I + understand it, is because ports are updated more frequently. So binary + packages and ports can have different dependency versions, which can + sometimes break compatibility on an upgrade. Most FreeBSD users + recommend installing everything with ports (which is just a make install + inside the local tree) but then you lose the package management features + that come with pkg. Poudriere lets you kind of do both by creating your + "own personal binary repo" out of a list of preconfigured, pre-built + ports. +

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FreeBSD rocks.

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