Date: Tue, 19 Oct 2004 01:18:55 +0200 From: Gert Cuykens <gert.cuykens@gmail.com> To: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: cvsup Message-ID: <ef60af09041018161855bf257d@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20041018231033.GA9658@odin.ac.hmc.edu> References: <200410181646.44654.howells@kde.org> <4173EAE2.9050001@pragmeta.com> <57979.192.168.0.1.1098116798.squirrel@192.168.0.1> <ef60af09041018094051cf6265@mail.gmail.com> <20041018172419.GC5179@dragon.nuxi.com> <ef60af0904101810426557606c@mail.gmail.com> <ef60af0904101812422f4bfcf2@mail.gmail.com> <C0DDD400-2141-11D9-A8A9-000D9335BCEC@anduin.net> <ef60af09041018155460f412af@mail.gmail.com> <20041018231033.GA9658@odin.ac.hmc.edu>
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And what does make index do ?
On Mon, 18 Oct 2004 16:10:33 -0700, Brooks Davis
<brooks@one-eyed-alien.net> wrote:
> [This has NOTHING to do with amd64.]
>
> On Tue, Oct 19, 2004 at 12:54:09AM +0200, Gert Cuykens wrote:
> > Is there a config file were i can chose a ftp mirror server ?
>
> Add something like the following to your /etc/make.conf to cause the
> ports collection to try a freebsd mirror server before other locations:
>
> MIRROR_PREFIX?=file://localhost/mirrors/ftp/pub
> MASTER_SITE_OVERRIDE=${MIRROR_PREFIX}/FreeBSD/ports/distfiles/${DIST_SUBDIR}/
>
> This example shows using an NFS mount of a local mirror as the default.
>
> > Does the ports system use perl or is perl needed to use ports ? If so, why ?
>
> "make index" requires perl because no one has stepped up and produced a
> better solution.
>
> -- Brooks
>
> --
> Any statement of the form "X is the one, true Y" is FALSE.
> PGP fingerprint 655D 519C 26A7 82E7 2529 9BF0 5D8E 8BE9 F238 1AD4
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