Mick wrote: > On Sunday, 28 April 2019 22:49:42 BST Dale wrote: >> [email protected] wrote: >>> Thanks to all who reponded: >>> - Rich Freeman suggests: >>> - having apache serve the local distfiles. >>> >>> How? Just make them available in the apache root and give portage >>> the URL somewhere?> >>> - use "infra scripts", but I think that's for running an up-to-date >>> general-purpose mirror >>> >>> He explains later that repos.conf defines the single place where the >>> repository is defined but that is distinct from where the distfiles >>> come from, which is defined by make.conf:GENTOO_MIRRORS >>> >>> - Dale suggests: >>> - a package, http-replicator, which might do Freeman's first >>> >>> suggestion. >>> >>> - Neil Bothwick explains the difference between serving the "portage >>> >>> mirror, the repository of ebuild and associated files" and the >>> distfiles, and suggests using NFS, presumably instead of, or in >>> addition to /usr/portage/distfiles. >>> >>> Okay, I looked for the first time at the files directly under >>> /usr/portage. >>> Is it a correct assumption that all packages available for >>> installation will be represented there? And that's it? That's >>> basically all there is to a gentoo installation? - >>> /usr/portage/distfiles >>> - the ebuilds directly under /usr/portage >>> - /usr/portage/eclass >>> - /usr/portage/metadata >>> - /usr/portage/profiles >>> - /etc/portage >>> >>> If so, then I'm delighted in the simplicity of it. Like reading the >>> one page definition of tcl. Unfortunately, it doesn't come through so >>> well in the documentation, with things like layouts seemingly basic >>> to an understanding. >>> >>> - Peter Humphrey suggests: >>> - http ftp proxy >>> >>> In what way is that different from rsync which I thought I'd >>> already configured? >> Just to add some more info. By changing the settings in make.conf, you >> can move these directories wherever you like. As a example, I moved >> mine here: >> >> >> root@fireball / # ls -al /var/cache/portage/ >> total 160 >> drwxr-xr-x 5 root root 4096 Dec 20 2012 . >> drwxr-xr-x 13 root root 4096 Apr 24 03:18 .. >> drwxrwxr-x 3 portage portage 143360 Apr 26 04:06 distfiles >> drwxr-xr-x 105 portage portage 4096 Apr 26 04:04 packages >> drwxr-xr-x 174 portage portage 4096 Apr 22 23:32 tree >> root@fireball / # >> >> >> I have these settings in make.conf to match where I put things: >> >> >> >> DISTDIR="/var/cache/portage/distfiles/" >> PKGDIR="/var/cache/portage/packages" >> PORTDIR="/var/cache/portage/tree" > Just to mention the PORTDIR variable is no longer meant to be declared in / > etc/portage/make.conf, but in /etc/portage/repos.conf/gentoo.conf, using the > 'location = ' directive. See URL below: > > https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/PORTDIR > >
I wasn't aware of the move or don't remember it if I read it somewhere. Thanks for noticing that since that could cause confusion. I bet if I ever move that again, I'll forget that it is in a new place. :/ Dale :-) :-)
