Date: Wed, 23 Jul 2008 17:47:29 +0200 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@FreeBSD.org> To: James Tanis <jtanis@mdchs.org> Cc: FreeBSD-Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>, freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Auto-saving distfiles on freebsd Message-ID: <48875291.1000802@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <d9b686c011b1f8626b2baa3c0468bfd4@portal.mdchs.org> References: <d9b686c011b1f8626b2baa3c0468bfd4@portal.mdchs.org>
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James Tanis wrote:
> "cpghost" <cpghost@cordula.ws> wrote:
>> The ports would still go to the primary sites (to conserve bandwidth),
>> but should the original distfile disappear, it would be still available
>> on freebsd.
>
> I think his problem comes from the fact that some ports don't do this, not
> that it isn't a good idea. The port maintainers just never did it.
No, you're both mistaken:
# MASTER_SITE_BACKUP
# - Backup location(s) for distribution
files and patch
# files if not found locally and
${MASTER_SITES}/${PATCH_SITES}
# Default:
#
ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/distfiles/${DIST_SUBDIR}/
All ports fall back to fetching from the master distfile repository if
they can't be found at the upstream sites. This dates back at least to
1996.
Kris
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