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

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

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 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 from

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 first

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 bits than my

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

2009-06-09 Thread Arttu V.
On 6/9/09, Nikos Chantziaras rea...@arcor.de 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

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 rea...@arcor.de 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

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 rea...@arcor.de 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 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 rea...@arcor.de wrote: Normally, portage will try fetching from GENTOO_MIRRORS during an emerge

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

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.co.za Drat.

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: from nazgul.localnet

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? Correct first time :-)

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: let me guess:

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

[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?