(ok, so i'm not certain this is the right list ... but server mgmt
seems to be closest topic ... pls let me know if this is better
posted elsewhere. thx.)
as many do, i have a relatively heavily customized /usr/local/ tree
that i build into on my local (desktop) OSX 10.3.9 G4 box.
i've now also got a number of other boxes (G3s, G4s, both 'native'
and cpu-upgraded) that, eventually (will/should), get the same
tools/widgets built into their /usr/local/ trees.
typically, i end up building all on each box ... til now, a set of
scripts has mostly minimized the effort ... but as those trees
grow, its getting to be a hassle.
I ended up going with fink and apt. I have fink on all the
workstations and servers at my office, and I have a local repository
of deb files on one of my G5 workstations. The G5 runs "fink
scanpackages" every night to keep the apt repository up to date, so
all I have to do is "apt-get update" & "apt-get upgrade" on the
workstations to keep them up to date.
Yes, there are other packaging systems besides fink, but I use debian
on my linux boxes, so I found fink to be the best fit for me.
By adding my local machine first in /sw/etc/apt/sources.list, my
local machines go to my repository server first, so they get to use
the 100T to download packages.
I also write fink info files for local files & scripts that I want to
keep controlled by package management.
There are a variety of howtos for exactly how to set this up,
including one on my blog at <http://digitalhominid.blogspot.com/
2005/02/how-to-set-up-local-fink-repository.html>
I haven't gotten around to writing a howto for creating a custom fink
info file, mainly because I found the documentation at <http://
fink.sourceforge.net> easy to follow.
I created a dummy package that requires all the packages I want on my
workstations - that way all I need to do on a new machine is add my
local source, then "apt-get upgrade; apt-get install jpbws" to get
apt to install the full load.
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