On Sun, 15 May 2005 10:18, Nick Rout wrote: > 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 It appears to have been repaired, and when working it gives a decent rate. If it's not portage, will go on to the next one in the list. that is to say:- > > http://gentoo.recoil.net.nz/pub/gentoo which is not as fast as jsg.co.nz
> > ftp://ftp-stud.fht-esslingen.de/pub/Mirrors/gentoo > > why germany? why put anything in after the local mirrors? It was selected by the mirrorselect utility, and is very fast indeed. -- C. S.
