From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Aug 26 21:01:41 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9704E16A4DE for ; Sat, 26 Aug 2006 21:01:41 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from stanb@panix.com) Received: from mail2.panix.com (mail2.panix.com [166.84.1.73]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0988043D46 for ; Sat, 26 Aug 2006 21:01:40 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from stanb@panix.com) Received: from mailspool3.panix.com (mailspool3.panix.com [166.84.1.78]) by mail2.panix.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 185DC9D899; Sat, 26 Aug 2006 17:01:40 -0400 (EDT) Received: from teddy.fas.com (c-68-58-232-106.hsd1.sc.comcast.net [68.58.232.106]) by mailspool3.panix.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 02CB1A8D020; Sat, 26 Aug 2006 17:01:40 -0400 (EDT) Received: from stan by teddy.fas.com with local (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1GH5Hf-00050d-00; Sat, 26 Aug 2006 17:01:39 -0400 Date: Sat, 26 Aug 2006 17:01:39 -0400 From: stan To: Josh Paetzel Message-ID: <20060826210139.GA19232@teddy.fas.com> Mail-Followup-To: Josh Paetzel , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, Chris Knipe References: <20060826201512.GA17777@teddy.fas.com> <007d01c6c94f$381f42d0$0a01a8c0@superman> <200608261553.36886.josh@tcbug.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200608261553.36886.josh@tcbug.org> X-Editor: gVim X-Operating-System: Debian GNU/Linux X-Kernel-Version: 2.4.23 X-Uptime: 17:00:17 up 131 days, 18:07, 1 user, load average: 0.00, 0.01, 0.00 User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.4i Sender: Stan Brown Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, Chris Knipe Subject: Re: Building ports with sorces on a local mirror? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 26 Aug 2006 21:01:41 -0000 On Sat, Aug 26, 2006 at 03:53:36PM -0500, Josh Paetzel wrote: > On Saturday 26 August 2006 15:35, Chris Knipe wrote: > > Look at the cvs-mirror port... > > > > > > Regards, > > Chris. > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "stan" > > To: "Free BSD Questions list" > > Sent: Saturday, August 26, 2006 10:15 PM > > Subject: Building ports with sorces on a local mirror? > > > > > I'm in the process of seting up to build a fair number of > > > machines behind a > > > very restrictive firewall (and besides that the outbound link is > > > very slow). > > > > > > What I have in mind is setting up a machine using mirror software > > > to create > > > a local mirror of the FreeBSD site, including the distfiles for > > > the ports tree. > > > > > > Is thee a way to get the ports build system to look for distfiles > > > on this local mirror? > > The cvs-mirror port won't download the distfiles for all of the ports. > Depending on how 'slow' your link is that could be a very daunting > task. True, but at least it's automated (with the perl based mirror script). > > The MASTER_SITES environment variable is probably what you want. man > ports for the details. > OK, Ill check that out. -- Unix is very simple, but it takes a genius to understand the simplicity. (Dennis Ritchie)