Re: Aw: Re: Re: [gentoo-user] local mirrors (summary, leading to more questions)

2019-04-30 Thread Mick
On Monday, 29 April 2019 22:50:18 BST n952...@web.de wrote: > 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 >

Re: Aw: Re: Re: [gentoo-user] local mirrors (summary, leading to more questions)

2019-04-30 Thread Peter Humphrey
On Monday, 29 April 2019 22:50:18 BST n952...@web.de wrote: > But that seems strange - why would I need both GENTOO_MIRRORS and > http_proxy? > > GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://myserver"; > http_proxy="http://myserver:3142 No. Here are my entries in make.conf: GENTOO_MIRRORS=" https://mirror.byt

Aw: Re: Re: [gentoo-user] local mirrors (summary, leading to more questions)

2019-04-29 Thread n952162
ble 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:

Aw: Re: Re: [gentoo-user] local mirrors (summary, leading to more questions)

2019-04-29 Thread n952162
> Gesendet: Montag, 29. April 2019 um 10:47 Uhr > Von: "Peter Humphrey" > 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: &g

Re: [gentoo-user] local mirrors (summary, leading to more questions)

2019-04-29 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Mon, 29 Apr 2019 10:18:05 +0100, Peter Humphrey wrote: > > > > https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/PORTDIR > > > > > > That muddies the water somewhat. Now we have PORTDIR defined in one > > > place, and PKGDIR and DISTDIR in another. > > > > Yes, but it makes sense as PORTDIR is specific to a r

Re: [gentoo-user] local mirrors (summary, leading to more questions)

2019-04-29 Thread Peter Humphrey
On Monday, 29 April 2019 10:11:00 BST Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Mon, 29 Apr 2019 09:52:47 +0100, Peter Humphrey wrote: > > > Just to mention the PORTDIR variable is no longer meant to be > > > declared in / etc/portage/make.conf, but > > > in /etc/portage/repos.conf/gentoo.conf, using the 'location

Re: [gentoo-user] local mirrors (summary, leading to more questions)

2019-04-29 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Mon, 29 Apr 2019 09:52:47 +0100, Peter Humphrey wrote: > > Just to mention the PORTDIR variable is no longer meant to be > > declared in / etc/portage/make.conf, but > > in /etc/portage/repos.conf/gentoo.conf, using the 'location = ' > > directive. See URL below: > > > > https://wiki.gentoo.o

Re: Aw: Re: [gentoo-user] local mirrors (summary, leading to more questions)

2019-04-29 Thread Peter Humphrey
On Monday, 29 April 2019 09:03:15 BST Mick wrote: > Just to mention the PORTDIR variable is no longer meant to be declared in / > etc/portage/make.conf, but in /etc/portage/repos.conf/gentoo.conf, using the > 'location = ' directive. See URL below: > > https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/PORTDIR That

Re: Aw: Re: [gentoo-user] local mirrors (summary, leading to more questions)

2019-04-29 Thread Peter Humphrey
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. Then, wha

Re: Aw: Re: [gentoo-user] local mirrors (summary, leading to more questions)

2019-04-29 Thread Dale
Mick wrote: > On Sunday, 28 April 2019 22:49:42 BST Dale wrote: >> n952...@web.de wrote: >>> Thanks to all who reponded: >>> - Rich Freeman suggests: >>> - having apache serve the local distfiles. >>> >>> How? Just make them available in the apache root and give portage >>>

Re: Aw: Re: [gentoo-user] local mirrors (summary, leading to more questions)

2019-04-29 Thread Mick
On Sunday, 28 April 2019 22:49:42 BST Dale wrote: > n952...@web.de wrote: > > Thanks to all who reponded: > > - Rich Freeman suggests: > > - having apache serve the local distfiles. > > > > How? Just make them available in the apache root and give portage > > the URL somewhe

Re: Aw: Re: [gentoo-user] local mirrors (summary, leading to more questions)

2019-04-28 Thread Dale
n952...@web.de wrote: > Thanks to all who reponded: > > - Rich Freeman suggests: > - having apache serve the local distfiles. > How? Just make them available in the apache root and give portage the > URL somewhere? > - use "infra scripts", but I think that's for running an up-to-d

Aw: Re: [gentoo-user] local mirrors (summary, leading to more questions)

2019-04-28 Thread n952162
Thanks to all who reponded: - Rich Freeman suggests: - having apache serve the local distfiles. How? Just make them available in the apache root and give portage the URL somewhere? - use "infra scripts", but I think that's for running an up-to-date general-purpose mirror He