cvs commit: ports/Mk bsd.sites.mk

[Lars Balker Rasmussen]

On Mon, Sep 03, 2007 at 04:42:43PM -0700, Doug Barton wrote:
> On Mon, 3 Sep 2007, Lars Balker Rasmussen wrote:
> > Modified files:
> >   Mk                   bsd.sites.mk
> > Log:
> > Add backpan.cpan.org as a last resort mirror, to remove the often seen
> > failure case where the package a port relies on is moved from cpan to cold
> > storage (backpan).
> >
> > On my system, it takes 70 seconds to fall through the mirrors before 
> > hitting
> > backpan,
> 
> How will this affect those of us who use RANDOMIZE_MASTER_SITES?

backpan has latest packages as well, so it's not an added failure mode.

I hope the added load from RANDOMIZE_MASTER_SITES users is miniscule for
backpan.  In fact that was my biggest worry...

In the case of when the file is only on backpan, I assume you can do no
worse than normal?  Either way, it's still better than the situation without
backpan.
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Lars Balker Rasmussen                                        Consult::Perl