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Date:      Mon, 7 Jul 2008 09:36:40 -0400
From:      Wesley Shields <wxs@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Emanuel Haupt <ehaupt@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        Jack Raats <jack@jarasoft.net>, freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: ports from sourceforge
Message-ID:  <20080707133640.GD8983@atarininja.org>
In-Reply-To: <20080707101209.a5c6c37a.ehaupt@FreeBSD.org>
References:  <47C23BF1F29C45A8919C9AC380DC6A44@jarasoft.net> <20080707101209.a5c6c37a.ehaupt@FreeBSD.org>

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On Mon, Jul 07, 2008 at 10:12:09AM +0200, Emanuel Haupt wrote:
> > At this moment fetching ports from sourceforge.net is very slow. (+/-
> > 4000 Bps)
> 
> Setting MASTER_SORT in /etc/make.conf might help. Have a look at
> ports/Mk/bsd.port.mk.
> 
> Since I'm living in Switzerland I use the following:
> 
> MASTER_SORT=.ch .de .at .se .nl

There is also ports-mgmt/fastest_sites which sorts MASTER_SITE_FOO based
upon how long it takes to establish the TCP handshake.  The output is
suitable for inclusion into make.conf.

-- WXS



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