Hi Ryan, > I have multiple MacPorts prefixes on my machines. I delete their > var/macports/distfiles directories and replace them with a symlink to a > central location, such as /Volumes/Data/macports/distfiles if I have a > separate partition or $HOME/macports/distfiles if I don't. > > On some of my machines, I run a web server and expose this directory. On > other machines, I then edit mirror_sites.tcl and add the local server > addresses to the macports_distfiles section, so that if one machine doesn't > have a distfile, it tries to fetch it from other local machines before > hitting the Internet.
If I figure out your answer correctly, there is no way to directly add a file URL to the macports_distfiles section. The idea was that if the removable disk is connected and has the corresponding distfile, then we extract directly from it, else we fetch on the Internet. Vincent _______________________________________________ macports-dev mailing list [email protected] https://lists.macosforge.org/mailman/listinfo/macports-dev
