Re: [gentoo-user] Trying SRC_URI first during fetching

2009-06-09 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Wed, 10 Jun 2009 00:10:09 +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote: > How long does it take to sync the brand new Fedora 11 release? Don't know. > How long should it take? Don't care :) -- Neil Bothwick NOTICE: -- THE ELEVATORS WILL BE OUT OF ORDER TODAY -- (The nearest working elevators are in

Re: [gentoo-user] Trying SRC_URI first during fetching

2009-06-09 Thread Volker Armin Hemmann
On Mittwoch 10 Juni 2009, Alan McKinnon wrote: > On Wednesday 10 June 2009 00:17:43 Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: > > On Mittwoch 10 Juni 2009, Alan McKinnon wrote: > > > On Tuesday 09 June 2009 23:57:54 Neil Bothwick wrote: > > > > On Tue, 9 Jun 2009 20:49:43 +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote: > > > > > >

Re: [gentoo-user] Trying SRC_URI first during fetching

2009-06-09 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Wednesday 10 June 2009 00:17:43 Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: > On Mittwoch 10 Juni 2009, Alan McKinnon wrote: > > On Tuesday 09 June 2009 23:57:54 Neil Bothwick wrote: > > > On Tue, 9 Jun 2009 20:49:43 +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote: > > > > > let me guess: > > > > > South Africa? > > > > > > > > Cor

Re: [gentoo-user] Trying SRC_URI first during fetching

2009-06-09 Thread Volker Armin Hemmann
On Mittwoch 10 Juni 2009, Alan McKinnon wrote: > On Tuesday 09 June 2009 23:57:54 Neil Bothwick wrote: > > On Tue, 9 Jun 2009 20:49:43 +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote: > > > > let me guess: > > > > South Africa? > > > > > > Correct first time :-) > > > > It's not hard to work out ;-) > > > > >Received:

Re: [gentoo-user] Trying SRC_URI first during fetching

2009-06-09 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Tuesday 09 June 2009 23:57:54 Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Tue, 9 Jun 2009 20:49:43 +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote: > > > let me guess: > > > South Africa? > > > > Correct first time :-) > > It's not hard to work out ;-) > > >Received: from nazgul.localnet > > (196-210-153-123-rrdg-esr-2.dynamic.isadsl

Re: [gentoo-user] Trying SRC_URI first during fetching

2009-06-09 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Tue, 9 Jun 2009 20:49:43 +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote: > > let me guess: > > South Africa? > > Correct first time :-) It's not hard to work out ;-) >Received: from nazgul.localnet (196-210-153-123-rrdg-esr-2.dynamic.isadsl.co.za -- Neil Bothwick Remember the good old days, when CPU was s

Re: [gentoo-user] Trying SRC_URI first during fetching

2009-06-09 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Tuesday 09 June 2009 20:26:29 Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: > On Dienstag 09 Juni 2009, Alan McKinnon wrote: > > On Tuesday 09 June 2009 17:56:41 Arttu V. wrote: > > > On 6/9/09, Nikos Chantziaras wrote: > > > > Normally, portage will try fetching from GENTOO_MIRRORS during an > > > > emerge and

Re: [gentoo-user] Trying SRC_URI first during fetching

2009-06-09 Thread Volker Armin Hemmann
On Dienstag 09 Juni 2009, Alan McKinnon wrote: > On Tuesday 09 June 2009 17:56:41 Arttu V. wrote: > > On 6/9/09, Nikos Chantziaras wrote: > > > Normally, portage will try fetching from GENTOO_MIRRORS during an > > > emerge and SRC_URI comes last. I want to reverse this; try SRC_URI > > > first an

Re: [gentoo-user] Trying SRC_URI first during fetching

2009-06-09 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Tuesday 09 June 2009 17:56:41 Arttu V. wrote: > On 6/9/09, Nikos Chantziaras wrote: > > Normally, portage will try fetching from GENTOO_MIRRORS during an emerge > > and SRC_URI comes last. I want to reverse this; try SRC_URI first and > > if that fails, only then proceed to fetch from GENTOO_M

Re: [gentoo-user] Trying SRC_URI first during fetching

2009-06-09 Thread Arttu V.
On 6/9/09, Nikos Chantziaras wrote: > Normally, portage will try fetching from GENTOO_MIRRORS during an emerge > and SRC_URI comes last. I want to reverse this; try SRC_URI first and > if that fails, only then proceed to fetch from GENTOO_MIRRORS. Doable? As others have pointed out, caches, pro

Re: [gentoo-user] Trying SRC_URI first during fetching

2009-06-09 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Tuesday 09 June 2009 15:48:26 Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: > On Dienstag 09 Juni 2009, Alan McKinnon wrote: > > Definitely. > > > > I have to beat users over the head (metaphorically) with a stick to get > > them to use my mirror. They somehow have the idea that SRC_URI has better > > quality bi

Re: [gentoo-user] Trying SRC_URI first during fetching

2009-06-09 Thread Volker Armin Hemmann
On Dienstag 09 Juni 2009, Alan McKinnon wrote: > On Tuesday 09 June 2009 15:04:54 Stroller wrote: > > On 9 Jun 2009, at 05:16, Nikos Chantziaras wrote: > > > Normally, portage will try fetching from GENTOO_MIRRORS during an > > > emerge and SRC_URI comes last. I want to reverse this; try SRC_URI >

Re: [gentoo-user] Trying SRC_URI first during fetching

2009-06-09 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Tuesday 09 June 2009 15:04:54 Stroller wrote: > On 9 Jun 2009, at 05:16, Nikos Chantziaras wrote: > > Normally, portage will try fetching from GENTOO_MIRRORS during an > > emerge and SRC_URI comes last. I want to reverse this; try SRC_URI > > first and if that fails, only then proceed to fetch

Re: [gentoo-user] Trying SRC_URI first during fetching

2009-06-09 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Tue, 9 Jun 2009 14:04:54 +0100, Stroller wrote: > The package's hosting may be donated to the software's author, for > instance, by a 3rd party, so when you go directly to SRC_URI, avoiding > mirrors, you wear out the author's welcome. There's another factor that some projects will change

Re: [gentoo-user] Trying SRC_URI first during fetching

2009-06-09 Thread Stroller
On 9 Jun 2009, at 05:16, Nikos Chantziaras wrote: Normally, portage will try fetching from GENTOO_MIRRORS during an emerge and SRC_URI comes last. I want to reverse this; try SRC_URI first and if that fails, only then proceed to fetch from GENTOO_MIRRORS. Doable? This is undesirable be

Re: [gentoo-user] Trying SRC_URI first during fetching

2009-06-09 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Tue, 09 Jun 2009 07:16:32 +0300, Nikos Chantziaras wrote: > Normally, portage will try fetching from GENTOO_MIRRORS during an > emerge and SRC_URI comes last. I want to reverse this; try SRC_URI > first and if that fails, only then proceed to fetch from > GENTOO_MIRRORS. Doable? You can use

[gentoo-user] Trying SRC_URI first during fetching

2009-06-08 Thread Nikos Chantziaras
Normally, portage will try fetching from GENTOO_MIRRORS during an emerge and SRC_URI comes last. I want to reverse this; try SRC_URI first and if that fails, only then proceed to fetch from GENTOO_MIRRORS. Doable?