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On Monday, 29 April 2019 22:50:18 BST n952162@×××.de wrote: |
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> But that seems strange - why would I need both GENTOO_MIRRORS and |
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> http_proxy? |
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> GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://myserver" |
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> http_proxy="http://myserver:3142 |
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No. Here are my entries in make.conf: |
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GENTOO_MIRRORS=" |
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https://mirror.bytemark.co.uk/gentoo/ |
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http://mirror.bytemark.co.uk/gentoo/ |
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https://mirrors.evowise.com/gentoo/ |
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http://mirrors.evowise.com/gentoo/ |
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https://www.mirrorservice.org/sites/distfiles.gentoo.org/ |
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http://www.mirrorservice.org/sites/distfiles.gentoo.org/ |
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" |
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http_proxy="http://192.168.1.2:3128" |
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> Does the http_proxy imply that I'd need a proxy app, like squid. |
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Yes; it's meant for people who're sitting behind a firewall and can't see the |
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Internet. The proxy runs on the firewall, and you tell your apps on client |
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machines to use the proxy when they need something via http. |
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> Between my client and server, there won't be any appreciable traffic. |
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The converse. Your client sends a request to the proxy, giving the destination |
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address; the proxy sends the request on, but itself supplies any bits it |
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already has. Thus, if portage is asking for a large distfile, such as kernel |
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sources, it will come directly from the proxy if it's already been fetched for |
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another machine. |
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Don't ask me how the proxy synchronises itself with the current state of the |
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target, as in a complex web page with both static and dynamic objects, because |
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I don't know, not having investigated it - I just use it happily. Sorry :) |
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Regards, |
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Peter. |
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