EuroBSDCon 2008 in Strasbourg, France
How-to manage your own pre build packages and use them as binary updates for distribution over
different machines, reducing the time for updating and maintaining your systems, spanning from small servers to
full grown desktops environments on your workstations. Either to maintain a stable state or keep a bleeding edge
on the applications in use, while using packages in a reproduce able and consistent way.
Build your packages in a jail, and get rid off `build only' dependencies on the machines your work with, and
ensure the chain of dependencies is clean and in best order, e.g. using the lightweight package cluster.
Update strategies which are small updates, partial and full rebuild. Deinstallation packages in order, avoiding
the evil -f. Reinstall packages in order and keep track of your installed software.
Customize your packages by creating local ports, which may forked of a normal port or making a slave port. Test
builds and a quick walk through for creating new ports.
TargetAudience - Everybody
TargetOS - FreeBSD
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