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[Collins Richey]

On Wed, 29 Sep 2004 18:10:11 -0500, Michael Hipp <michael at hipp.com> wrote:
> Collins Richey wrote:
> > Gentoo doesn't have a
> > server ready install process, but it's pretty easy to roll your own
> > including a rollout to multiple servers, presuming that you use
> > identical hardware for each server, otherwise it's a little sticky.
> 
> That's the problem I've run up against in my mental attempts to figure
> out how to use Gentoo for far flung and widely varying server platforms.
>   Same problem for distributing updates to same.
> 

Depends on what the "widely varying" means. If you can settle on a
common compile configuration, then it's manageable. You can compile
everything to packages on a local server. Install and test them
locally. When everything is cooked, then you can use scp (or some
other secure means) to roll the packages over to the remote servers
and install the packages there. Not overly complicated.

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