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Date:      Tue, 29 Jul 2008 16:47:31 -0400
From:      "Bob Johnson" <fbsdlists@gmail.com>
To:        "Coert Waagmeester" <coertw2@gawab.com>
Cc:        FreeBSD-questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: local mirrors of ports and packages?
Message-ID:  <54db43990807291347q3960b0d3xdd0b6da606e82f0a@mail.gmail.com>
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On 7/29/08, Coert Waagmeester <coertw2@gawab.com> wrote:
> Hi all!
>
>
>
> I am quite new to FreeBSD. I am quite a boffin on Linux though.
>
> What I would like to know is, how can I make local mirrors of ports and
> packages? I live in South-Africa, and bandwidth is painfully slow and
> expensive.
>
> How many data would it be in total?

Does fetching from an existing mirror in South Africa help, e.g.
cvsup.za.freebsd.org or ftp.za.freebsd.org?


-- Bob Johnson
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