But that seems strange - why would I need both GENTOO_MIRRORS and http_proxy?
GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://myserver"; http_proxy="http://myserver:3142 Does the http_proxy imply that I'd need a proxy app, like squid. Between my client and server, there won't be any appreciable traffic. > Gesendet: Montag, 29. April 2019 um 23:39 Uhr > Von: n952...@web.de > An: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org > Betreff: Aw: Re: Re: [gentoo-user] local mirrors (summary, leading to more > questions) > > > Gesendet: Montag, 29. April 2019 um 10:47 Uhr > > Von: "Peter Humphrey" <pe...@prh.myzen.co.uk> > > An: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org > > Betreff: Re: Aw: Re: [gentoo-user] local mirrors (summary, leading to more > > questions) > > > > On Sunday, 28 April 2019 21:37:19 BST n952...@web.de wrote: > > > > > - Peter Humphrey suggests: > > > - http ftp proxy > > > > > > In what way is that different from rsync which I thought I'd > > > already > > > configured? > > > > I assume that means you're using rsync to synchronise the portage database. > > > Yes, as instructed here: > > https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Local_Mirror#Setting_up_the_mirror > > > > Then, whatever you use to fetch distfiles for installation, it uses ftp or > > http transport to fetch them. ... > > > This page discusses local distfile servers: > > https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Local_distfiles_cache > > using either of two approaches: > - apt-cacher-ng > - nginx > > Do they relate to the ftp and http you mention? > > I already have apache and don't want to install any more packages - it would > seem that if nginx can serve the files, apache should be able to, too. > I'm trying to configure it. > > This page: > https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Local_distfiles_cache#Setting_up_clients > > says I should put this line into /etc/portage/make.conf: > > http_proxy="http://distfilescache:3142 > > Is that the URL it'll send? So, all I'd have to do is have a virtual host > responding to that port with a copy of /etc/portage/distfiles at its root? > > TIA, > > Tom > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Regards, > > Peter. > >
