On Sun, 2005-05-15 at 00:57 +1200, Christopher Sawtell wrote: > On Sun, 15 May 2005 00:31, Richard Tindall wrote: > > PORTAGE_BINHOST="/mnt/cdrom/ALL/" > > > > emerge gftp > > That went out & got it off the net. It worked though, & gFTP runs :-) > That's what you can expect with Gentoo, it's working correctly. > > > Am I proceeding to wreck my portage tree? > Of course not. You can't 'wreck' your portage tree by just using it. > > > I haven't set any mirrors > I suggest you do. I use the line:- > GENTOO_MIRRORS="ftp://linux.jetstreamgames.co.nz/pub/gentoo
unreliable, the JSG servers are up and down like a whore's drawers > http://gentoo.recoil.net.nz/pub/gentoo > ftp://ftp-stud.fht-esslingen.de/pub/Mirrors/gentoo why germany? why put anything in after the local mirrors? > ftp://mirror.pacific.net.au/linux/Gentoo > http://gentoo.oregonstate.edu > http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/distributions/gentoo"; > > As one long line in /etc/make.conf > ] > Also you need to set an rsync server. > SYNC="rsync://gentoo.recoil.net.nz/gentoo-portage" > > > > or done emerge sync yet. > As soon as you do that you will get the latest packages, but > the portage system will get those, rather than the old ones > off the CD. > > Note that the jetstreamgames server seems to have been repaired. > > -- > C. S. -- Nick Rout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
