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[Michael Hipp]

Collins Richey wrote:
  > 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.

Yes. But it partly defeats the advantage of Gentoo as you may have to 
settle on a "lowest common denominator" configuraton and spread some USE 
flags in places they're not needed. And it is a lot of manual labor 
compared to just "emerge" or "apt-get".

I hope Gentoo can put some work into automating that whole thing at some 
point.

Michael