Date: Tue, 11 Sep 2012 09:29:07 +0200 From: =?utf-8?Q?Dag-Erling_Sm=C3=B8rgrav?= <des@des.no> To: olli hauer <ohauer@gmx.de> Cc: arch@freebsd.org, Doug Barton <dougb@freebsd.org>, Lev Serebryakov <lev@serebryakov.spb.ru> Subject: Re: Removing CVS from HEAD Message-ID: <868vch81bw.fsf@ds4.des.no> In-Reply-To: <504E6E7F.3020007@gmx.de> (olli hauer's message of "Tue, 11 Sep 2012 00:49:35 %2B0200") References: <CAF6rxgnZGjzm230sZXVXxmE7wPowF_BZqbwRjdvz8oV-03gS=A@mail.gmail.com> <20120908234659.GA10489@server.rulingia.com> <504BD9B5.20001@shatow.net> <504BE020.1070300@FreeBSD.org> <504BE12A.50907@shatow.net> <9A528A3C-40F1-4599-ACAB-EF306033A4F2@bsdimp.com> <86pq5vtj42.fsf@ds4.des.no> <695302366.20120910130736@serebryakov.spb.ru> <504E3B58.5080404@FreeBSD.org> <9710350203.20120911004417@serebryakov.spb.ru> <86vcflsi6d.fsf@ds4.des.no> <504E6E7F.3020007@gmx.de>
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olli hauer <ohauer@gmx.de> writes: > Dag-Erling Sm=C3=B8rgrav <des@des.no> writes: > > There is no port for the server, but there is a script you can use > > to set up a local mirror of the official servers: > It's far more easy. > Use one machine as master, only on this machine you will use the command > portsnap fetch. Rsync (or whatever preferred) the directory /var/db/ports= nap > to all machines where you want to have the portstree available, on this > slaves use only the commands portsnap extract/update. Doing this now on a > couple of machines over a view years without any issues. I don't see how that is easier than having a local mirror. It adds an extra step (rsync) which, unlike the simple HTTP requests portsnap uses, requires authentication. DES --=20 Dag-Erling Sm=C3=B8rgrav - des@des.no
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