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Date:      Fri, 8 Jun 2012 23:52:52 -0600 (MDT)
From:      Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com>
To:        Matthias Apitz <guru@unixarea.de>
Cc:        freebsd-ports@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: skipping a mirror
Message-ID:  <alpine.BSF.2.00.1206082348500.65538@wonkity.com>
In-Reply-To: <20120609053045.GA2487@tinyCurrent>
References:  <alpine.BSF.2.00.1206082319060.65410@wonkity.com> <20120609053045.GA2487@tinyCurrent>

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On Sat, 9 Jun 2012, Matthias Apitz wrote:

> El día Friday, June 08, 2012 a las 11:21:59PM -0600, Warren Block escribió:
>
>> Is there an easy way to skip a particular distfile mirror that, say,
>> wants to timeout forever for Gnome files?
>
> You could redirect its FQN via an entry in /etc/hosts to an IP addr
> where the request gives connection refused.

Perfect!  Simple, elegant, and I even have a special zone for certain 
hosts already.  Thanks!
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