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But that seems strange - why would I need both GENTOO_MIRRORS and http_proxy? |
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GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://myserver" |
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http_proxy="http://myserver:3142 |
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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. |
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> Gesendet: Montag, 29. April 2019 um 23:39 Uhr |
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> Von: n952162@×××.de |
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> An: gentoo-user@l.g.o |
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> Betreff: Aw: Re: Re: [gentoo-user] local mirrors (summary, leading to more questions) |
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> > Gesendet: Montag, 29. April 2019 um 10:47 Uhr |
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> > Von: "Peter Humphrey" <peter@××××××××××××.uk> |
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> > An: gentoo-user@l.g.o |
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> > Betreff: Re: Aw: Re: [gentoo-user] local mirrors (summary, leading to more questions) |
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> > On Sunday, 28 April 2019 21:37:19 BST n952162@×××.de wrote: |
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> > > - Peter Humphrey suggests: |
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> > > - http ftp proxy |
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> > > In what way is that different from rsync which I thought I'd already |
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> > > configured? |
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> > I assume that means you're using rsync to synchronise the portage database. |
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> Yes, as instructed here: |
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> https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Local_Mirror#Setting_up_the_mirror |
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> > Then, whatever you use to fetch distfiles for installation, it uses ftp or |
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> > http transport to fetch them. ... |
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> This page discusses local distfile servers: |
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> https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Local_distfiles_cache |
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> using either of two approaches: |
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> - apt-cacher-ng |
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> - nginx |
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> Do they relate to the ftp and http you mention? |
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> 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. |
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> I'm trying to configure it. |
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> This page: https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Local_distfiles_cache#Setting_up_clients |
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> says I should put this line into /etc/portage/make.conf: |
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> http_proxy="http://distfilescache:3142 |
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> 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? |
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> TIA, |
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> Tom |
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> > -- |
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> > Regards, |
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> > Peter. |
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