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| author | asau <asau@pkgsrc.org> | 2014-07-16 21:57:43 +0000 |
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| committer | asau <asau@pkgsrc.org> | 2014-07-16 21:57:43 +0000 |
| commit | 7c7e4785ecfe64f9cfe6bf7509da6eb8b924f7ad (patch) | |
| tree | 2227906be64bc251d3045948c1cab7c57c99cb8d /doc/guide | |
| parent | e673a7a299223217b4a9b3ae568e53fdc5a645be (diff) | |
| download | pkgsrc-7c7e4785ecfe64f9cfe6bf7509da6eb8b924f7ad.tar.gz | |
Rework introductory paragraph to emphasize availability of limited list builds.
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diff --git a/doc/guide/files/bulk.xml b/doc/guide/files/bulk.xml index 983d19a2dce..f75ad745636 100644 --- a/doc/guide/files/bulk.xml +++ b/doc/guide/files/bulk.xml @@ -1,12 +1,16 @@ -<!-- $NetBSD: bulk.xml,v 1.18 2014/07/16 21:47:10 asau Exp $ --> +<!-- $NetBSD: bulk.xml,v 1.19 2014/07/16 21:57:43 asau Exp $ --> <chapter id="bulk"> <title>Creating binary packages for everything in pkgsrc (bulk builds)</title> -<para>When you have multiple machines that should run the same packages, -it is wasted time if they all build their packages themselves from -source. There is a ways of getting a set of binary packages: +<para>For a number of reasons you may want to build binary packages +for a large selected set of packages in pkgsrc or even for all pkgsrc packages. +For instance, when you have multiple machines that should run the same software, +it is wasted time if they all build their packages themselves from source. +Or you may want to build a list of packages you want and check them before +deploying onto production system. +There is a way of getting a set of binary packages: The bulk build system, or pbulk ("p" stands for "parallel). This chapter describes how to set it up so that the packages are most likely to be usable later.</para> |