On 6/27/11 4:27 PM, Dennis Glatting wrote: > > > On Mon, 27 Jun 2011, Damien Fleuriot wrote: > >> On 6/27/11 4:52 AM, Dennis Glatting wrote: >>> >>> I have a requirement where I need to archive ports used across twenty >>> hosts for a year or more. I've decided to do this using Squid and to >>> take advantage of Squid's cache when updating common ports across those >>> hosts. >>> >>> (BTW, at another site I used rsync to sync /usr/ports/distfiles across >>> the hosts to a local master site then specified _MASTER_SITES_DEFAULT in >>> make.conf to a FTP server on the local site. That method works when the >>> port is previously cached however if the file isn't in the cache and I >>> simultaneously install the port across ten hosts, the port is fetched >>> ten times. Sigh.) >>> >>> I have a Squid proxy installed that isn't meant for every-day/every-user >>> use and requires authentication. (Users either go through another Squid >>> proxy or direct.) The special Squid proxy works. No surprise there. >>> Authentication works. No surprise there. >>> >>> What I need is a method to embed into make.conf a proxy specification >>> for fetch. Setting the environment variable HTTP_PROXY from the login >>> shell /is not/ preferred because the account is used by different >>> administrators, I don't what the special proxy accidentally polluted >>> with non-port stuff, and it would only create confusion. >>> >>> Setting http_proxy in make.conf does not work. .netrc doesn't appear to >>> be a viable method (if it did, I could specify FETCH_ARGS in make.conf). >>> >> >> What about using a NFS share for /usr/ports/distfiles ? > > Many of these servers provide network/system services across a WAN. If a > link goes down or is congested, NFS may hang them all. NFS also provides > certain security challenges. > >
What about using a SSHFS share for /usr/ports/distfiles ? *wink* _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[email protected]"
