Alan Mackenzie wrote: > Hello, Gentoo, > > For several weeks, now, my # emerge --sync has been downloading from one > or other of the hosts: > http://www.uls.co.za/ ("Ultimate Linux Solutions") > https://reenigne.net/ > .. .za is, I believe, South Africa. That's a long way from Germany, and > the # emerge --sync from it takes, typically, ~90 seconds. Before, my > # emerge --sync used to take around 30 seconds. From the second host, it > # takes ~60 seconds. > > In my /etc/portage/make.conf, I've got: > > GENTOO_MIRRORS="rsync://ftp.fau.de/gentoo > rsync://ftp-stud.hs-esslingen.de/gentoo" > > .. This used to update from local hosts in Erlangen and Esslingen, two > Universities ~30km and ~200km away. > > Could somebody please give me a hint as to why my GENTOO_MIRRORS setting > doesn't appear to work anymore, and what exactly is selecting the distant > and slow hosts in its place? > > Thanks! >
I'm not sure since I just left it as the default, it worked, but isn't this set in /etc/portage/repos.conf/eselect-repo.conf file now? May be worth checking to see if that is right or not. In my file, the url to sync for overlays is set there. I'm just not sure about the main tree. If you try to set it there, it should show up in emerge --info. That would be a fast and easy way to see if it works as expected. Dale :-) :-)
