Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2001 22:08:21 +0000 From: Vincent D Murphy <murphyv@student.cs.ucc.ie> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Cc: mij@osdn.com Subject: Re: distfiles downloading Message-ID: <20010319220821.A14669@student.cs.ucc.ie> In-Reply-To: <20010319162058.B4739@guinness.osdn.com>; from mij@osdn.com on Mon, Mar 19, 2001 at 04:20:58PM -0500 References: <20010319211351.A12107@student.cs.ucc.ie> <20010319162058.B4739@guinness.osdn.com>
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= Jim Mock <mij@osdn.com> [20010319 2121]: > On Mon, 19 Mar 2001 at 21:13:51 +0000, Vincent D Murphy wrote: > > whenever i type /usr/ports/*/make install, i want to download the > > distfiles from ftp.uk.freebsd.org, not ftp.freebsd.org. > > > > how do i make this happen? > > Put the following in /etc/make.conf: > > MASTER_SITE_BACKUP?= \ > ftp://ftp.uk.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/distfiles/${DIST_SUBDIR}/ > > MASTER_SITE_OVERRIDE?=${MASTER_SITE_BACKUP} thanks; that's exactly what i wanted. in case the relevant ears are listening: - the install should ask me whether to do this (after picking a country or other freebsd mirror) and do it. - this should be in the FAQ. everybody probably wants to download stuff from somewhere other than ftp.freebsd.org; it's a shame not to put that fabulous mirror network and country-level subdomain organisation to good use. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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