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On Fri, 26 Apr 2019 07:32:50 +0200, n952162@×××.de wrote: |
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> Thank you for the explanation. I wonder what the local mirror page |
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> means when it talks about saving bandwidth. What *does* it serve if |
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> not the distfiles? And when /etc/portage/repos.conf points to my local |
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> server, why would portage disregard that? |
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It is referring to a portage mirror, the repository of ebuild and |
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associated files, not the source files of the software being installed. |
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As well as the suggestions from Rich and Dale, you can also use a shared |
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directory - I use NFS for this but I see no reason why CIFS wouldn't also |
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work - for $DISTDIR. This is set in make.conf and tells portage where to |
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save downloaded files. As portage checks to see if the file is already |
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there before downloading it, only the first system to need it will |
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download it, the rest will use the existing copy. |
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Just set up an NFS export on the host computer and mount that on the |
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others, then change make.conf to use that location. |
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