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Mark Linimon
bbf7465c65 You might or might not be able to symlink <arch>/make.conf. 2010-06-01 01:30:13 +00:00
Mark Linimon
a2342de0f4 Document the latest/previous dance (controlled by dopackages' "skipstart"
internal variable).
2010-05-25 00:45:09 +00:00
Mark Linimon
5610bc9547 Gah. dopackages has required two arguments for, um, several years now. 2010-05-25 00:10:06 +00:00
Mark Linimon
6bd8306f08 Document the rest of the options of the build command. Fix up the
example of the packagebuild command.  Add some text about cleaning
up builds.  Finally, remove some cruft.
2010-05-23 04:11:34 +00:00
Mark Linimon
7d3be2a7ae Two more arrows. 2010-02-19 16:12:58 +00:00
Mark Linimon
95c6b69edd Add some more instructions about how to configure a new architecture.
arrows-in-back:		yes
2010-02-19 15:40:53 +00:00
Mark Linimon
51083f170e You have to manually mkdir lockfiles for a new arch.
Discovered by: 	powerpc setup
2010-02-16 13:25:57 +00:00
Mark Linimon
d904687e77 Make the location of the actual buildlog/errolog archives unambigious.
Add instructions for the symlinks that I previously missed.  Clarify a
few comments.
2010-01-26 03:24:58 +00:00
Mark Linimon
fed309bfba Remove reference to local hack from one of my machines here.
Bullet inserted into foot by:	linimon
Bullet removed from foot by:	linimon
2009-12-13 04:38:29 +00:00
Mark Linimon
d7fbfcb54f - Fix the ln instruction in portbuild.sh to DTRT.
- Deprecate /tmp/blah.core for kern.corefile.  This is almost always
  the Wrong Thing, since /tmp is usually an md.
- Drop the modifications to usr/local/etc/rc.d/squid, and move them
  into /etc/rc.conf instead.
- Fix markup for the usr2 citations.
2009-12-06 05:53:37 +00:00
Mark Linimon
f572aad63e Add two new sections: "How to configure a new branch" and "How to
configure a new architecture".
2009-11-26 08:05:51 +00:00
Mark Linimon
923cab33d2 Add forgotten instructions on relocating squid directories. While here,
remove some duplicate lines that crept in.
2009-11-13 03:24:31 +00:00
Mark Linimon
7c33e1c75f Remove some more hard-coding. 2009-11-13 03:05:51 +00:00
Mark Linimon
4099f35796 Start a long-overdue overhaul. Reflect the coming de-orbit burn of 6,
and the move to 8 as the new -stable.  Document the new 'build create'
command.  Update options for kernel config for package build nodes,
including pointing out which options are mandatory.
2009-11-12 02:16:22 +00:00
Mark Linimon
0eaa0c64a6 Clarify that a sentence only applies to pxeboot. 2009-08-05 01:48:18 +00:00
Mark Linimon
4a5a82d903 Clarify the section on testing and enabling a package building node. 2009-07-18 18:56:54 +00:00
Erwin Lansing
1b9038492d Add some minor clarifications. 2009-07-18 16:26:17 +00:00
Mark Linimon
90a97e4d5d Additions to 'new node' setup:
- s/UCT/UTC/ [1]
 - add ntp definitions [2]
 - change squid cache storage scheme from UFS to AUFS, for performance [3]

[1] N.J. Mann <njm at njm me uk>
[2] erwin
[3] adrian
2009-07-09 19:27:21 +00:00
Mark Linimon
12fb0dece1 Mention that we run the cluster on UTC.
Reminded by:	droso
2009-07-04 08:16:26 +00:00
Mark Linimon
6e8d721dc4 Minor updates to reflect the last year of changes. 2009-06-14 06:02:09 +00:00
Mark Linimon
16c41b4af3 Add a section on how to configure package building nodes. (preliminary) 2009-06-14 05:18:27 +00:00
Erwin Lansing
8a1cca9a5c Rename pty's after name changes in 8.x 2009-05-14 15:33:07 +00:00
Pav Lucistnik
af2410f89f - Correct ommission in the build command example 2009-01-07 09:34:58 +00:00
Mark Linimon
1a4909a5cd Mention bugfix in processlogs script. 2008-09-20 18:47:41 +00:00
Erwin Lansing
ba5321a69c Add missing buildid to the mandatory arguments to makeworld. 2008-09-12 11:36:27 +00:00
Pav Lucistnik
b2c2c24c44 Mention qclient instead of straslivy 2008-09-07 20:59:32 +00:00
Pav Lucistnik
cbb38ffb00 Add an example on how to rebuild a single package, so I don't have to refer to
kris' mails all the time.
2008-09-07 20:55:03 +00:00
Johann Kois
eaabfaffbc Fix some tags so that a "make lint" does not break the build any longer.
Found by:       make lint
2008-09-01 20:54:15 +00:00
Pav Lucistnik
c9251f2c32 - Update with recent kris overhaul 2008-07-23 16:03:16 +00:00
Pav Lucistnik
7d609799da Add some instructions on how to deal with hard drive failures on build cluster.
Taken from:	kris' email
2008-07-04 13:03:22 +00:00
Pav Lucistnik
21b065f154 - Mention kris' shiny new cpdistfiles script, and that -distfiles is now on by
default and we have -nodistfiles
2008-06-11 12:15:30 +00:00
Mark Linimon
ad238f8773 Note that -distfiles should be the default for package builds now that
we have enough disk space.

While here, remove 6.1, 6.2, and 5.x from various examples, and note
that we are no longer building ia64 packages.
2008-06-05 21:20:39 +00:00
Ceri Davies
1b8eec7a9a Replace a command example by one that doesn't always throw an error. 2008-02-03 21:58:28 +00:00
Erwin Lansing
31384f692a - Add the 8-exp build
- Note that 7-exp is the current experimental patches build
2008-01-13 16:45:51 +00:00
Mark Linimon
d26a7ad0aa 5-exp is obsolete. 2008-01-13 10:59:42 +00:00
Mark Linimon
b4ed4c6ba0 Reflect RELENG_7. 2007-10-16 01:09:50 +00:00
Mark Linimon
eaf9640387 Document two failure modes: looping on a single package; all package builds
suddenly fail.
2007-10-01 05:55:01 +00:00
Mark Linimon
618ef50a22 Remove a stray duplicate -n. 2007-09-14 02:00:59 +00:00
Mark Linimon
fbb93740c8 Remove a mis-statement about client monitoring.
Pointy hat to:	linimon
2007-09-10 23:59:33 +00:00
Mark Linimon
1e058299f1 Disambiguate the meaning of "build" in the upload instructions. 2007-07-23 09:13:13 +00:00
Mark Linimon
ba10892cbe Make the section on uploading package sets a little clearer. 2007-07-23 00:49:56 +00:00
Ceri Davies
55636180df Fix typo. 2007-06-22 09:08:32 +00:00
Mark Linimon
af51ff86f8 Remove contractions.
Reminded by:	danger
2007-06-21 22:40:40 +00:00
Mark Linimon
9b2e3e1565 Add pkill -t p1 shortcut; fix a typo:
Submitted by:	pav
2007-06-21 20:25:40 +00:00
Mark Linimon
96eb6af541 With input from kris, substanatially overhaul this article. Reflect the
discontinuation of 4.X and alpha packages; document the few times that
full builds are done; document what you need to do with incomplete or
failed builds; better document how to interrupt a build; add writeups
for the new status scripts; and add a section on Dealing With Build Errors.
2007-06-21 04:03:56 +00:00
Marc Fonvieille
8177cbbd30 Typo and punctuation fixes. 2006-08-29 19:45:44 +00:00
Mark Linimon
118b730e80 Add note about incremental builds.
Source:		erwin
Suggested by:	kris
2006-08-04 17:26:26 +00:00
Mark Linimon
a91df10b77 Add a paragraph break that we will need later. 2006-06-19 00:16:16 +00:00
Mark Linimon
60e7530a13 Note that 6-exp is added as the default "experimental" ports build
branch, replacing 5-exp.  4-exp has been deleted.  While here, fix
some other minor errors.

More changes will be forthcoming in the next few days.
2006-06-18 20:46:19 +00:00
Mark Linimon
cc122dc67e State that 5-exp is now the default testbench, not 4-exp. State that the
docs tree is no longer required.  While here, fix copyright and typos.
2006-01-22 05:32:30 +00:00