Date: Mon, 20 Nov 2000 09:08:50 -0800 From: "David O'Brien" <obrien@freebsd.org> To: Matt Dillon <dillon@earth.backplane.com> Cc: Michael Lucas <mwlucas@blackhelicopters.org>, stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: cd /usr/ports; make clean Message-ID: <20001120090850.A4906@dragon.nuxi.com> In-Reply-To: <200011201647.eAKGlt195958@earth.backplane.com>; from dillon@earth.backplane.com on Mon, Nov 20, 2000 at 08:47:55AM -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> <20001120074553.A1776@blackhelicopters.org> <200011201647.eAKGlt195958@earth.backplane.com>
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On Mon, Nov 20, 2000 at 08:47:55AM -0800, Matt Dillon wrote:
> :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.
>
> Can MASTER_SITE_OVERRIDE be a file path? Or does it have to be
> a site?
This *REALLY* needs to be moved to ports@freebsd.org where everyone would
get more expert advice on this topic (and where any changes to defaults
need to be discussed before changing them).
To answer the question -- a site. But realize that this is a valid site:
file:/cdrom/ports/distfiles/${DIST_SUBDIR}/
Which is exactly how distfiles are fetched from CDROM before going out on
the network.
--
-- David (obrien@FreeBSD.org)
GNU is Not Unix / Linux Is Not UniX
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