From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jun 16 21:31:35 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 0A791106566C for ; Mon, 16 Jun 2008 21:31:35 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from glarkin@sourcehosting.net) Received: from mail1.sourcehosting.net (113901-app1.sourcehosting.net [72.32.213.11]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D7D8B8FC16 for ; Mon, 16 Jun 2008 21:31:34 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from glarkin@sourcehosting.net) Received: from 68-189-244-97.dhcp.oxfr.ma.charter.com ([68.189.244.97] helo=Gregory-Larkins-Computer.local) by mail1.sourcehosting.net with esmtp (Exim 4.69 (FreeBSD)) (envelope-from ) id 1K8MIE-0003WM-Dk; Mon, 16 Jun 2008 17:31:33 -0400 Received: from FIREBALL (fireball.entropy.prv [192.168.1.12]) by Gregory-Larkins-Computer.local (Postfix) with ESMTP id A832420921A0; Mon, 16 Jun 2008 17:31:14 -0400 (EDT) From: "Greg Larkin" To: "'J B'" References: <810548.63768.qm@web56615.mail.re3.yahoo.com> <20080616200927.GA49065@eos.sc1.parodius.com> Date: Mon, 16 Jun 2008 17:30:56 -0400 Organization: SourceHosting.net, LLC Message-ID: <008501c8cff8$438b97c0$0c01a8c0@FIREBALL> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook 11 In-Reply-To: <20080616200927.GA49065@eos.sc1.parodius.com> X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.3198 thread-index: AcjP7PDYM0/aaLpdRfag5KcR2NS9ZQACrBWA X-Spam-Score: -0.3 (/) Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: RE: mysql-5.0.45 port X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: glarkin@sourcehosting.net List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 16 Jun 2008 21:31:35 -0000 > -----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/