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From: Dan <dan@×××××××××.cx>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] xorg.freedesktop.org server down, xextproto
Date: Wed, 03 Jan 2007 18:04:24
Message-Id: 20070103115725.41e7a27d@pascal.spore.ath.cx
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] xorg.freedesktop.org server down, xextproto by Mihamina Rakotomandimby
1 On Wed, 03 Jan 2007 13:09:37 +0100
2 Mihamina Rakotomandimby <mihamina.rakotomandimby@××××××××××××××××.fr>
3 wrote:
4
5
6 > [ go an have a cup of coffee ]
7
8 that is a _Very_ good idea...
9
10 > But one question. Is not there any way to get portage try another
11 > source? Why does portage try only freedesktop.org server? It appears
12 > that ftp.x.org is an up mirror: why not use it too?
13 >
14
15 if you have a list of gentoo mirrors in make.conf, namely the kind of
16 list generated by mirrorselect, you will get the cascading mirror thing
17 you desire. Be warned though, i have never found it a helpful remedy.
18 Usually, if you don't set a mirror at all, everything works fine.
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Re: [gentoo-user] xorg.freedesktop.org server down, xextproto Mihamina Rakotomandimby <mihamina.rakotomandimby@××××××××××××××××.fr>