From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jul 7 13:34:31 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1A85F1065676 for ; Mon, 7 Jul 2008 13:34:30 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wxs@atarininja.org) Received: from syn.atarininja.org (syn.csh.rit.edu [129.21.60.158]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E5CAA8FC0A for ; Mon, 7 Jul 2008 13:34:29 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wxs@atarininja.org) Received: by syn.atarininja.org (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 329B55C5D; Mon, 7 Jul 2008 09:36:40 -0400 (EDT) Date: Mon, 7 Jul 2008 09:36:40 -0400 From: Wesley Shields To: Emanuel Haupt Message-ID: <20080707133640.GD8983@atarininja.org> References: <47C23BF1F29C45A8919C9AC380DC6A44@jarasoft.net> <20080707101209.a5c6c37a.ehaupt@FreeBSD.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20080707101209.a5c6c37a.ehaupt@FreeBSD.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.18 (2008-05-17) Cc: Jack Raats , freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: ports from sourceforge X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 07 Jul 2008 13:34:31 -0000 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