Date: Mon, 29 Aug 2005 11:26:55 +0300 From: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr> To: "Robert G." <rob5g@adelphia.net>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: How do I change which server to download ports from? Message-ID: <20050829082655.GA16597@orion.daedalusnetworks.priv> In-Reply-To: <stfystuyo8.yst@mail.opusnet.com> References: <43127FE1.5050007@adelphia.net> <stfystuyo8.yst@mail.opusnet.com>
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On 2005-08-28 21:58, "Gary W. Swearingen" <garys@opusnet.com> wrote: >"Robert G." <rob5g@adelphia.net> writes: >> I'm not talking about SUPFILE= in /etc/make.conf to change which CVS server >> I download all the ports, I'm talking about when I download/install >> individual ports it seems to pick a random server. Sometimes the server is >> one in another country, and I download a 30MB file at 5KB/sec which takes >> some time (I have 6.5Mbps). Is there an option to change this to a server >> of my choice? > > MASTER_SITE_OVERRIDE in /usr/ports/Mk/bsd.ports.mk sounds like what you want > (to use in your "make"). Exactly. There are other ports-related ``make.conf'' options that one can use. See the ports(7) manpage for some of them and the /usr/ports/Mk/*.mk files for the rest. I have the following in my ``/etc/make.conf'' file, to make sure GNU software is picked up from ftp.ntua.gr, which is a mirror that is network-wise close to my FreeBSD machines here in Greece: MASTER_SITE_GNU= ftp://ftp.ntua.gr/pub/gnu/%SUBDIR%/ Note that the ``bsd.sites.mk'' Ports makefile only *appends* to existing make variables, so any override come first. More than one MASTER_SITE_GNU sites can be specified too: MASTER_SITE_GNU= ftp://ftp.ntua.gr/pub/gnu/%SUBDIR%/ \ ftp://ftp.duth.gr/pub/gnu/%SUBDIR%/
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