From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Feb 2 0:23:50 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mail.camelot.de (mailout.camelot.de [195.30.224.18]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9FF4B37B4EC for ; Fri, 2 Feb 2001 00:23:31 -0800 (PST) Received: from robin.camelot.de (bofax@mail.camelot.de [195.30.224.10]) by mail.camelot.de (8.11.2/8.11.2) with ESMTP id f128NSR40190 (using TLSv1/SSLv3 with cipher EDH-RSA-DES-CBC3-SHA (168 bits) verified OK); Fri, 2 Feb 2001 09:23:29 +0100 (CET) Received: (from bofax@localhost) by robin.camelot.de (8.11.2/8.11.2) id f128NS740187; Fri, 2 Feb 2001 09:23:28 +0100 (CET) Date: Fri, 2 Feb 2001 09:23:28 +0100 From: Florian Bofinger To: Charlie Root Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: default master site for ports ? Message-ID: <20010202092328.A39607@camelot.de> Mail-Followup-To: Florian Bofinger , Charlie Root , freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG References: <200102020131.f121VG816981@xs4some.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <200102020131.f121VG816981@xs4some.net>; from root@xs4some.net on Fri, Feb 02, 2001 at 02:31:16AM +0100 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Hi Charlie, first thing you should do is to not write EMails as root. Second thing is, don't write Mails anonymous. On Fri, Feb 02, 2001 at 02:31:16AM +0100, Charlie Root wrote: > Hi i use the ports very often to install things > and i have a permanent connection, but i often have to wait too long to fetch > some distfiles, i wondered if i can make it possible to let make to try to fetch it from a local mirror first > man ports says about some variables like MASTER_SITE MASTER_SITE_FREEBSD but where do i define them ??? > Please cc me as i'm temporary off the list > Thanx in Advance Fenix They're all defined in /etc/make.conf, but you can also specify them within your shell. Greetings, FLorian -- Florian Bofinger - CameloT e.K. www.camelot.de - Der "sagenhafte" Internet Full-Service Provider 'Can't buy what I want because it's free' - Pearl Jam (FreeBSD rocks) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message