On Tuesday, 15 April 2025 20:19:13 British Summer Time 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've noticed the same, although my mirror URI setting is: sync-uri = rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage to allow auto-selection of the next available mirror. I do occasionally sync with mirrors in Germany, but this happens rarely in the last 3-4 weeks. The SA mirrors are *noticeably* slower as if they are being actively throttled. I can't recall if I checked where the connection is routed through when I first noticed this new pattern. I have no idea why this started happening. :-/
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