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On Mon, Oct 25, 2004 at 09:13:37PM +0000, Kurt Lieber wrote: |
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> On Mon, Oct 25, 2004 at 01:37:27PM -0700 or thereabouts, Robin H. Johnson wrote: |
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> > On Mon, Oct 25, 2004 at 11:21:18AM -0500, Corey Shields wrote: |
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> > > Keep in mind that anytime you set this flag on a package, people who |
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> > > rely on a distfile mirror as their only source of Gentoo packages will |
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> > > not get the package. This is common in many cases where Gentoo is being |
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> > > used inside a private network that utilizes a local distfile mirror on |
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> > > the inside of that network. |
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> > This is incorrect. They should be using a 'local' entry in |
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> > /etc/portage/mirrors in such a configuration, as it does get checked |
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> > even when RESTRICT="nomirror" is in place. |
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> Are you saying that putting "local" in /etc/portage/mirrors overrides the |
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> 'nomirror' flag? If so, great (though that opens up some other |
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> concerns...). If not, then Corey's original point still stands. Use of |
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> nomirror prevents people from establishing their own local mirrors of |
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> files. |
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Yes, it does override the nomirror flag [see portage(5)]. |
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I use it to great effect to administer a large number of Gentoo servers |
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at work. Not having to download the Sun JDK multiple times is a great |
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boon - just download once, and place it on my private mirror. |
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