cvsup

[Brooks Davis]

[This has NOTHING to do with amd64.]

On Tue, Oct 19, 2004 at 12:54:09AM +0200, Gert Cuykens wrote:
> Is there a config file were i can chose a ftp mirror server ?

Add something like the following to your /etc/make.conf to cause the
ports collection to try a freebsd mirror server before other locations:

MIRROR_PREFIX?=file://localhost/mirrors/ftp/pub
MASTER_SITE_OVERRIDE=${MIRROR_PREFIX}/FreeBSD/ports/distfiles/${DIST_SUBDIR}/

This example shows using an NFS mount of a local mirror as the default.

> Does the ports system use perl or is perl needed to use ports ? If so, why ?

"make index" requires perl because no one has stepped up and produced a
better solution.

-- Brooks

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