[gentoo-user] Re: which mirror does emerge --sync chose? and why?

2007-01-01 Thread Sven Köhler
>>> I do not understand/know how the choice of mirrors work either. I >>> noticed that when I rsync from home I always hit the same mirror >>> (first time). When I rsync from work (using the same laptop) I >>> always hit a different specific mirror (again first time). >> it's not portage! >> it's

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: which mirror does emerge --sync chose? and why?

2006-12-27 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Tue, 26 Dec 2006 23:50:14 +0100, Sven Köhler wrote: > execute "rsync rsync.gentoo.org::" for a few times. I always see the > banner message of owl.gentoo.org, and no other. > > That is STRANGE! The resolver is caching the result of looking up rsync.gentoo.org. Until that expires, which depend

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: which mirror does emerge --sync chose? and why?

2006-12-26 Thread Dan
On Tue, 26 Dec 2006 23:50:14 +0100 Sven Köhler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I do not understand/know how the choice of mirrors work either. I > > noticed that when I rsync from home I always hit the same mirror > > (first time). When I rsync from work (using the same laptop) I > > always hit a

[gentoo-user] Re: which mirror does emerge --sync chose? and why?

2006-12-26 Thread Sven Köhler
> I do not understand/know how the choice of mirrors work either. I noticed > that when I rsync from home I always hit the same mirror (first time). When > I rsync from work (using the same laptop) I always hit a different specific > mirror (again first time). it's not portage! it's rsync!!!