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On Wed, 28 Feb 2018 02:18:37 +0000 (UTC), Grant Edwards wrote: |
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> > Is it possible to add it to your hosts file and point it to local |
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> > IP? |
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> No. Because the name is rsync://rsync.us.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage. |
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> > Obviously, if it is a numbered IP then this likely won't work. |
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> I could, however, set up a static route for the IP in question and |
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> point it to something that isn't listening on the rsync port. That |
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> won't make it avoid trying to use that server, but it would make it |
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> fail immediately rather than let it crawl along along until it hangs |
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> or I hit Ctrl-C. :) |
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Or you could set the route to point to the IP address of one of the good |
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hosts. |
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