Date: Sun, 28 Aug 2005 21:58:31 -0700 From: garys@opusnet.com (Gary W. Swearingen) To: "Robert G." <rob5g@adelphia.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: How do I change which server to download ports from? Message-ID: <stfystuyo8.yst@mail.opusnet.com> In-Reply-To: <43127FE1.5050007@adelphia.net> (Robert G.'s message of "Sun, 28 Aug 2005 23:24:17 -0400") References: <43127FE1.5050007@adelphia.net>
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"Robert G." <rob5g@adelphia.net> writes: > I'm not talking about SUPFILE= in /etc/make.conf to change which CVS server I download all the ports, I'm talking about > when I download/install individual ports it seems to pick a random server. Sometimes the server is one in another > country, and I download a 30MB file at 5KB/sec which takes some time (I have 6.5Mbps). Is there an option to change > this to a server of my choice? MASTER_SITE_OVERRIDE in /usr/ports/Mk/bsd.ports.mk sounds like what you want (to use in your "make"). There's also a RANDOMIZE_MASTER_SITES, but I don't see it defined anywhere, so I suspect your servers were not as random as it seemed. Maybe look at /usr/ports/Mk/bsd.sites.mk too.
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