Date: Sun, 04 Oct 2009 19:54:45 -0700 From: Doug Barton <dougb@FreeBSD.org> To: Guoqin Ren <renguoqin@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: random fetch location Message-ID: <4AC95FF5.7030608@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <4AC94C27.6040305@gmail.com> References: <4AC94C27.6040305@gmail.com>
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Guoqin Ren wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Maybe it's a naive question. When I install a package from ports, it
> often needs to fetch some files. But sometimes it takes a long time
> before finding an available server to fetch. I also notice that it will
> try the locations/urls one by one, however the order doesn't change
> (correct me if I'm wrong). So the very first server on the list will
> get a lot of traffic since everyone will fetch the files from it. Is
> there any way to let it randomly pick a url from the list to evenly
> distribute the traffic among all the servers?
Two solutions:
1. Add 'RANDOMIZE_MASTER_SITES= true' to /etc/make.conf
2. Check out ports-mgmt/fastest_sites
hth,
Doug
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