On Mon, Apr 30, 2012 at 2:42 PM, James <wirel...@tampabay.rr.com> wrote: > Michael Mol <mikemol <at> gmail.com> writes: > > >> Use a network-mounted distfiles directory on a common file server? >> That way, once you've downloaded it once, for any system, the package >> is right there for the rest. > > > Well I do not use NFS or such, but, I do scp the restricted files around. > My environment is such that it is partitions and systems moved around > too frequently (used remotely) to use a dist file system. > > So, I'd like to bypass the fetch restrictions all together... > one and for all; any other ideas?
Patch Portage? Having a local patch like that would depend on whether or not the Portage ebuild supported particular hooks, but I don't remember the specifics. If you're using scp, you might consider using sshfs for your distfiles. Or, heck, dropbox. -- :wq
