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On 11/08/2011 02:17, Tigersharke . wrote:
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cite="mid:CAHRv5yi4F+dHDxvD6Dom8uJRyeEeqtp4c+wvCzhw43A1NjEMPg@mail.gmail.com"
type="cite">Hello!<br>
<br>
This was recently mentioned on irc, and I am wondering how it
would be done, and whether it can be easily facilitated without a
great deal of setup on the users' part.<br>
<br>
Supposing there are two (or more) friends who each have their own
PC and use PC-BSD v9.0 but their internet connections are quite
slow. Therefore, when one friend obtains a cool PBI or updates
his system, they would like to be able to share the precious
downloads among themselves.<br>
<br>
With v8.2 PBI, each was a large self-contained file, and would be
easily shared as long as each system was the same architecture.<br>
<br>
When a v9.0 PBI is installed (via AppCafe) it seems to download
and disperse within the system and not leave any solid file that
could be transferred. Other considerations are that each system
may be unique and have differing dependencies.<br>
<br>
What I propose is something of an ad hoc repository- to allow the
sharing, among like machines, of installed PBI software.. with any
of this group of machines acting as the ad hoc repo. Of course, if
there is a simple way of doing this already, the method can be
documented.. <br>
<br>
In a similar vein, it would be helpful in the poor bandwidth
situation described, to be able to share periodic system updates,
such as beta3 to rc1.<br>
<br>
Thank you for your time!<br>
<br>
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I'm not so sure how to do the system updates, aside from running a
local mirror, but with PBI's its easy to share with the "pbi_create
-b <pbiname>" command. The -b flag will take an already
installed PBI, and convert it back to a .pbi file, so you can
distribute it. (Note the new PBI file will NOT be digitally signed
for obvious reasons)<br>
<br>
<pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">--
Kris Moore
PC-BSD Software
iXsystems</pre>
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