Building and distributing packages from ports

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minimike

Hi there

Today I thought about to install tinderbox from ports inside a jail. But I've read "no longer functional in the current infrastructure" about this port.

So for building, packaging and distributing software for jails and servers is tinderbox still a solution? Or is tinderbox deprecated now? Is an alternative available?
I'm using FreeBSD 9 CURRENT now because yesterday the codefreeze has begun.
FreeBSD almost does not ship packages that I could use directly like Apache, PostgreSQL, JAVA. All these needs features like MIT Kerberos or AJP for Apache an no X

cheers
Darko
 
Just create a /usr/ports/packages/ directory and use make package or make package-recursive. I personally use ports-mgmt/portmaster with the -g switch. The package directory can be exported read-only with NFS. Or you could share it on a webserver.
 
I build all my packages in a clean jail. This prevents any dependency issues. Every once in a while I'll update the ports tree, clean out the jail and start building packages.

I am experimenting with tinderbox now too. It's a bit of a PITA to set up, seems to work but I'm not sure about any of the port options I've set. Looks like I need to do some more experimenting.

http://tinderbox.marcuscom.com/README/README.html
 
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