Date: Mon, 20 Nov 2000 07:45:53 -0500 From: Michael Lucas <mwlucas@blackhelicopters.org> To: Matt Dillon <dillon@earth.backplane.com> Cc: stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: cd /usr/ports; make clean Message-ID: <20001120074553.A1776@blackhelicopters.org> In-Reply-To: <200011192324.eAJNO1891133@earth.backplane.com>; from dillon@earth.backplane.com on Sun, Nov 19, 2000 at 03:24:01PM -0800 References: <20001118231633.A85206@evilcode.com> <200011190635.eAJ6ZRS94516@grumpy.dyndns.org> <20001118230305.A83848@evilcode.com> <20001119151138.A7434@bsdvm.jtjang.idv.tw> <200011192202.eAJM2cG03593@billy-club.village.org> <200011192239.eAJMdDa90818@earth.backplane.com> <200011192308.eAJN8q714360@whizzo.transsys.com> <200011192324.eAJNO1891133@earth.backplane.com>
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On Sun, Nov 19, 2000 at 03:24:01PM -0800, Matt Dillon wrote:
> It would be even better if the ports system could look in two places
> for distfiles ... so I could build up local repository on the NFS
> server that clients would use directly, and still allow clients
> to download distributions into local directories when the NFS server
> doesn't have the request.
I just wrote two articles about the port system.
(rummage, rummage, cut & paste)
Probably the most useful option for maintainers of large FreeBSD
networks is MASTER_SITE_OVERRIDE. The network administrator can build
a central repository of important distfiles on a local server. The
site listed in MASTER_SITE_OVERRIDE is checked for distfiles before
any remote sites are contacted. This saves on exterior bandwidth and
makes fetching distfiles more reliable.
==ml
PS: Whoa, I knew something Matt Dillon didn't. I feel faint. ;)
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