{"id":928,"date":"2011-04-28T07:38:07","date_gmt":"2011-04-28T02:08:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/judepereira.com\/blog\/?p=928"},"modified":"2011-05-08T08:06:25","modified_gmt":"2011-05-08T02:36:25","slug":"binpkg-gentoos-masterpiece","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/judepereira.com\/blog\/binpkg-gentoos-masterpiece\/","title":{"rendered":"binpkg: a Gentoo Masterpiece"},"content":{"rendered":"

If you were running a cluster of Gentoo driven machines, would you actually compile source for each of them?<\/strong><\/p>\n

<\/strong>Or rather use binary packages<\/strong>?<\/em><\/p>\n

Gentoo’s masterpiece is binpkg, when you compile for one machine, you don’t have to recompile throughout, use quickpkg to build binary packages. Such packages can be hosted over a central server and each system downloads just the binary package.<\/p>\n

You can use this even if your not running a cluster, but frequently reinstall certain packages. Use the -b flag with emerge to install and build the package as well.<\/p>\n

Setting the PKGDIR in \/etc\/make.conf
\nAdd the following directive in make.conf<\/p>\n

PKGDIR=”\/var\/cache\/portage\/binpkg”<\/span><\/p>\n

<\/span>Building binary packages is easy.<\/p>\n

quickpkg $(qlist -IC)<\/span><\/p>\n

That goes on your main server.<\/p>\n

You can add the parameter –include-config=y , it’s not reccommended because then you’ll bascically be cloning the host. Your IP addresses, etc. are installed as is. Deploy an instance of puppet<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Now your binary packages are built, you can symlink them and make them available on the webserver for production purposes.<\/p>\n

Adding BINHOST to your sister machines, add the following directive in your make.conf, make the necesssary changes:<\/p>\n

PORTAGE_BINHOST=\"http:\/\/your.server.repo\/path\/to\/binary\/packages\"\r\nPKGDIR=\"\/var\/cache\/portage\/binpkg\"<\/pre>\n
 <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Options<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
–getbinpkg<\/td>\nFetch binary source if available, else, fetch source<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
–getbinpkgonly<\/td>\nFetch binary source ONLY<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
–usepkg<\/td>\nUse binary package for merge if available, else resort to source compile<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
–usepkgonly<\/td>\nUse binary package ONLY<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
 <\/p>\n
Note: <\/strong>If you specify to fetch\/merge using ONLY binary packages, if certain dependencies are missing, emerge will simply abort. Hence, its not advisable to do so.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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