that is built. This saves a lot of time, especiall when the
parallelism (the number of jobs per machine, not the number of
machines) is low.
However, the build script only blows away /usr/local and
/usr/X11R6, so if there is a port that does some nasty things
outside that area, all bets are off.
(2) Better load balancing. Now, each machine reports its own
load in a form of a text file, which the master merely aggregates
to pick the lowest-loaded machine(s). Other than generally
running faster (and more up-to-date) under loaded conditions, the
master script will no longer hold up until a timeout when a
machine goes down.
behind. Useful for debugging.
Touch package on master after copying it back. This will avoid synchronization
problems when the machines' clocks are wildly skewed.
Remove log from master when build is successful. No need to keep around
transient error logs.
Tools/portbuild for details.
Note that this is still a major work in progress. I probably forgot
something but I need to go to sleep. At least it works here (most of
the time :).
