Date: Mon, 16 Jun 2008 17:30:56 -0400 From: "Greg Larkin" <glarkin@sourcehosting.net> To: "'J B'" <jmvbxx@yahoo.ca> Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: RE: mysql-5.0.45 port Message-ID: <008501c8cff8$438b97c0$0c01a8c0@FIREBALL> In-Reply-To: <20080616200927.GA49065@eos.sc1.parodius.com> References: <810548.63768.qm@web56615.mail.re3.yahoo.com> <20080616200927.GA49065@eos.sc1.parodius.com>
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> -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-ports@freebsd.org > [mailto:owner-freebsd-ports@freebsd.org] On Behalf Of Jeremy Chadwick > > On Mon, Jun 16, 2008 at 12:02:09PM -0700, J B wrote: > > Why does it attempt to download from a Belgian address? I > have nothing against the Belgians, in fact I used to live > there, but I'm in Colombia now and an American d/l link makes > much more sense! > > Because that's the first address configured in the mirror > list. Look in /usr/ports/Mk/bsd.sites.mk for > MASTER_SITE_MYSQL and you'll see the order of fetch sites. > > You can override this variable yourself in /etc/make.conf, or > use IGNORE_MASTER_SITE_MYSQL. > > Hi J B, Here's another option - install ports-mgmt/fastest_sites (http://www.semicomplete.com/blog/geekery/freebsd-ports-master-sites-sorting .html), and it will generate a make.conf-compatible list of the MASTER_* sites in order of speed relative to your location. Hope that helps, Greg Larkin SourceHosting.net, LLC http://www.sourcehosting.net/
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