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From: Mark Shields <laebshade@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] scp or sftp from another local machine in GENTOO_MIRRORS?
Date: Mon, 19 Sep 2005 05:04:55
Message-Id: 642958cc0509182200227df60c@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] scp or sftp from another local machine in GENTOO_MIRRORS? by Walter Dnes
1 I use http-replicator:
2
3 mark@laeb ~ $ esearch http-replicator
4 [ Results for search key : http-replicator ]
5 [ Applications found : 1 ]
6
7 * net-proxy/http-replicator
8 Latest version available: 3.0
9 Latest version installed: 3.0
10 Size of downloaded files: 19 kB
11 Homepage: http://gertjan.freezope.org/replicator/
12 Description: Proxy cache for Gentoo packages
13 License: GPL-2
14
15 Guide: http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-173226.html
16
17 On 9/19/05, Walter Dnes <waltdnes@××××××××.org> wrote:
18 >
19 > On Sun, Sep 18, 2005 at 04:03:46PM -0400, Walter Dnes wrote
20 >
21 > > I update m3000 first and then m450. Any necessary tarballs/checksums
22 > > will end up in m3000's /usr/portage/distfiles directory. I've already
23 > > got ssh via key authorization going between the two machines, so they
24 > > can back up each other. I turn on m450 once a week to emerge --sync and
25 > > update it. I'd like the first mirror choice to be scp or sftp from m3000
26 > > (or 192.168.123.252 <http://192.168.123.252> if that's easier). Can it
27 > be done, and if so, what
28 > > is the syntax?
29 >
30 > Yes, I'm talking to myself. I was trying to do it "the hard way", but
31 > the answer is so simple that I missed it. Forget "GENTOO_MIRRORS". I
32 > simply need a one-liner...
33 >
34 > scp waltdnes@m3000:/usr/portage/distfiles/* /usr/portage/distfiles/
35 >
36 > ...copies over all the necessary tarballs/checksums.
37 >
38 > --
39 > Walter Dnes <waltdnes@××××××××.org>
40 > My musings on technology and security at http://tech_sec.blog.ca
41 > --
42 > gentoo-user@g.o mailing list
43 >
44 >
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46
47 --
48 - Mark Shields