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On 28/10/2015 00:51, Frank Steinmetzger wrote: |
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> Hi guys’n’gals |
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> Before the introduction of repos.conf, we used several variables in |
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> make.conf to tell portage where to find stuff, such as GENTOO_MIRRORS and |
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> SYNC. My make.conf used to first define sensible defaults for those and then |
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> has the line: |
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> source homenet.conf |
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> This file modifies those portage settings to reroute operations to within my |
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> own network. Oftentimes either my PC or laptop is (far) ahead of the other |
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> (tree sync, distfiles download). So to make them serve each other, which |
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> reduces load on public servers and vastly speeds up distfiles download, this |
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> homenet.conf file |
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> - prepends a gentoo mirror |
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> - sets the portage rsync server |
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> - enables distcc on the laptop |
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> So with a single (un)commenting of the source command, I could switch |
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> between “normal” mode and “homenet” mode. |
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> Since repos.conf came about, this doesn’t work anymore (the sync part, |
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> anyway, for now). So nowadays, when I want to switch mode, I need to change |
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> the source line and also need to change the sync-uri in repos.conf’s default |
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> repository. That’s too much work. :-D |
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> How would you advise to achieve what I’m after? |
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> Thanks-a-doodle and good night. |
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There is one obvious method but portage doesn't seem to support it: |
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make homenet the highest priority repo in repos.conf and enable/disable |
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it as appropriate. A setting "enabled=true" in the file, or a |
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--enable-repos option to emerge would work nicely, but those do not |
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exist. Sounds like something a feature request might get action on :-) |
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Meanwhile, you can "simulate" it: |
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Put homenet.conf somewhere outside /etc/portage, and add or delete a |
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symlink for it while needed. If the master file is in /path/to/homenet |
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and you are at home: |
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ln -sfn /path/to/homenet/homenet.conf /etc/portage/repos.conf/ |
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emerge ... |
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Disclainmer: completely untested, I only describe a bizarre idea that |
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popped into mind |
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-- |
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Alan McKinnon |
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alan.mckinnon@×××××.com |
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