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From: Alan McKinnon <alan.mckinnon@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Cc: Xi Shen <davidshen84@××××××××××.com>
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] emerge is not switching mirror when one is down
Date: Thu, 15 Jul 2010 16:03:49
Message-Id: 201007151709.48631.alan.mckinnon@gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] emerge is not switching mirror when one is down by Xi Shen
1 On Thursday 15 July 2010 16:49:33 Xi Shen wrote:
2 > i tried the mirrorselect, and the generated GENTOO_MIRRORS is as follow:
3 >
4 > GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://gentoo.localhost.net.ar/
5 > ftp://mirrors.localhost.net.ar/pub/mirrors/gentoo/"
6 >
7 > and this is my original value:
8 >
9 GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://mirrors.sohu.com/gentoo/http://mirrors.163.com/gentoo/"
10 ^^^^
11
12 Do you or do you not agree that there should be a space there?
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16
17 >
18 > what's the difference? except the url...
19 >
20 > On Thu, Jul 15, 2010 at 8:31 PM, Alan McKinnon <alan.mckinnon@×××××.com>
21 wrote:
22 > > On Thursday 15 July 2010 13:41:11 Xi Shen wrote:
23 > >> it says
24 > >
25 > > GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://mirrors.sohu.com/gentoo/http://mirrors.163.com/gen
26 > > too/"
27 > >
28 > >> i guess it means ok, right?
29 > >>
30 > >> On Thu, Jul 15, 2010 at 6:26 AM, Jake Moe <jakesaddress@×××××.com> wrote:
31 > >> > On 15/07/10 02:16, Xi Shen wrote:
32 > >> >> hi,
33 > >> >>
34 > >> >> i have multiple mirrors configured in GENTOO_MIRRORS, /etc/make.conf.
35 > >> >> i noticed that if the 1st mirror is down, emerge will continuously
36 > >> >> try the 1st mirror. i remember it should switch to the 2nd server
37 > >> >> after the try failed 3 times. how can i configure it to switch
38 > >> >> mirrors automatically?
39 > >> >
40 > >> > What does "emerge --info | grep GENTOO_MIRRORS" tell you?
41 > >> >
42 > >> > Jake Moe
43 > >
44 > > Nope, it's wrong.
45 > >
46 > > That is 1 URL, I doubt it will be valid
47 > >
48 > >
49 > > --
50 > > alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com
51
52 --
53 alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com

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Re: [gentoo-user] emerge is not switching mirror when one is down Stroller <stroller@××××××××××××××××××.uk>
[gentoo-user] Re: emerge is not switching mirror when one is down nunojsilva@ist.utl.pt (Nuno J. Silva)