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Grant Edwards wrote: |
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> Is there any way for me to "blacklist" a pool rsync server so that |
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> emerge --sync won't try to use it? |
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> I'm using the sync-url rsync://rsync.us.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage, but |
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> one of the pool's servers is barely usable for me. I don't know if |
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> it's a server problem or if traffic between my and that server is |
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> routed through a Mars orbiter. When any other server is chosen, the |
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> file list scrolls by faster than you can read it. Via the Mars |
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> orbibiter the list ticks by about one file every 5-10 seconds. It |
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> will usually finish (eventually), but sometimes hangs and times out. |
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> It's been like for at least a year or two. |
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> [FWIW, I'm uable to ping the server, and tracroute is unable to produce |
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> a route to it. However, I can telnet to the rsync port on that host |
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> and it connects.] |
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> When I see that server has been selected, I usually just hit Ctrl-C |
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> and try again. |
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> Is there any way to configure portage to not use that server? |
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Is it possible to add it to your hosts file and point it to local IP? |
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Obviously, if it is a numbered IP then this likely won't work. |
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Dale |
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:-) :-) |
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