I mainly use packages, but a few I compile from the ports because I want different options. All quarterly.
I have tried
It works great. Mostly. Except for three packages, iwmbt-firmware, chromium and firefox.
When I build these three ports on their own:
iwmbt-firmware does not fetch the file from where ever and fails. In
chromium, the makefile gives an unnecessary warning (as in another thread), and in
firefox does build but takes a bloody long time. In
The two packages that take the longest to build don't work in synth, which really spoils the point if it.
Anyone else had good luck/bad luck with synth?
I have tried
synth
(a couple of times) as it seems to do exactly what I want, build recursively, create repo, register packages, and has a nice colourful curses display. A whole lot quicker and simpler to get going than poudriere
.It works great. Mostly. Except for three packages, iwmbt-firmware, chromium and firefox.
When I build these three ports on their own:
iwmbt-firmware does not fetch the file from where ever and fails. In
synth
, this is a fail. This package is not too important anyway.chromium, the makefile gives an unnecessary warning (as in another thread), and in
synth
this is an ignore.firefox does build but takes a bloody long time. In
synth
it builds for an hours and then stops with a fail.The two packages that take the longest to build don't work in synth, which really spoils the point if it.
Anyone else had good luck/bad luck with synth?