On 9 Jun 2009, at 05:16, Nikos Chantziaras wrote:
Normally, portage will try fetching from GENTOO_MIRRORS during an emerge and SRC_URI comes last. I want to reverse this; try SRC_URI first and if that fails, only then proceed to fetch from GENTOO_MIRRORS. Doable?
This is undesirable behaviour - te mirrors exist because SRC_URI may often have limited bandwidth.
The package's hosting may be donated to the software's author, for instance, by a 3rd party, so when you go directly to SRC_URI, avoiding mirrors, you wear out the author's welcome.
Mirrors are hosted by people with gallons & gallons of bandwidth to spare, who expect you to use it.
It makes sense to use the mirrors FIRST. Stroller.
