Wed Jul 16 21:57:43 2014 UTC ()
Rework introductory paragraph to emphasize availability of limited list builds.


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1<!-- $NetBSD: bulk.xml,v 1.18 2014/07/16 21:47:10 asau Exp $ --> 1<!-- $NetBSD: bulk.xml,v 1.19 2014/07/16 21:57:43 asau Exp $ -->
2 2
3<chapter id="bulk"> 3<chapter id="bulk">
4<title>Creating binary packages for everything in pkgsrc (bulk 4<title>Creating binary packages for everything in pkgsrc (bulk
5builds)</title> 5builds)</title>
6 6
7<para>When you have multiple machines that should run the same packages, 7<para>For a number of reasons you may want to build binary packages
8it is wasted time if they all build their packages themselves from 8for a large selected set of packages in pkgsrc or even for all pkgsrc packages.
9source. There is a ways of getting a set of binary packages: 9For instance, when you have multiple machines that should run the same software,
 10it is wasted time if they all build their packages themselves from source.
 11Or you may want to build a list of packages you want and check them before
 12deploying onto production system.
 13There is a way of getting a set of binary packages:
10The bulk build system, or pbulk ("p" stands for "parallel). 14The bulk build system, or pbulk ("p" stands for "parallel).
11This chapter describes how to set it up so that the packages 15This chapter describes how to set it up so that the packages
12are most likely to be usable later.</para> 16are most likely to be usable later.</para>
13 17
14<sect1 id="bulk.pre"> 18<sect1 id="bulk.pre">
15<title>Think first, build later</title> 19<title>Think first, build later</title>
16 20
17<para>Since a bulk build takes several days or even weeks to finish, you 21<para>Since a bulk build takes several days or even weeks to finish, you
18should think about the setup before you start everything. Pay attention 22should think about the setup before you start everything. Pay attention
19to at least the following points:</para> 23to at least the following points:</para>
20 24
21<itemizedlist> 25<itemizedlist>
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