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reaz82
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 Posted: Sat Mar 15, 2003 9:03 pm Post subject: where is the mirror listing |
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is there any way of tweaking portage so that it looks at
some specific server rather than the default..
i am having trouble installing gnome because a package is
missing on the gentoo server...
the package is gone-icon-theme-1.0.1.tar.bz2
it is missing on ibiblio.org even..
could be a time out issue on behalf of portage..
incase a server does respond portage should move on..
what should i do now? |
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hhaamu
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| Posted: Sat Mar 15, 2003 9:39 pm Post subject: |
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http://www.gentoo.org/main/en/mirrors.xml has the official mirrors.
The option that you're looking for is GENTOO_MIRRORS in make.conf. Mine looks like this:
| Code: | | GENTOO_MIRRORS="ftp://trumpetti.atm.tut.fi/gentoo" |
That line looks if tut.fi has the file and if it doesn't, portage downloads it from the website of the package (for example kde.org).
Note that if a file doesn't exist in ibiblio, I doubt that it'll exist in any other of the mirrors. |
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reaz82
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| Posted: Sat Mar 15, 2003 9:40 pm Post subject: |
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my mistake earlier.. the package is gnome-icon****
it turns out that the package is missing from almost
all the mirrors out there..
the only mirror i havent checked is the gnome.org ftp
however they are down i believe..
thanx |
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reaz82
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| Posted: Sat Mar 15, 2003 9:46 pm Post subject: |
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that file hasnt been put on any mirror it seems..
a bit of early updating of information rather than content..
i'll have to wait i guess..
thanx for the info ..
i learnt something..
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hhaamu
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| Posted: Sat Mar 15, 2003 9:56 pm Post subject: |
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| reaz82 wrote: | that file hasnt been put on any mirror it seems..
a bit of early updating of information rather than content..
i'll have to wait i guess.. |
My experience also shows that the mirrors update pretty slowly. Many times when I'm emerging a new ebuild that just got to the portage tree it cannot find the file from the mirrors and has to resort to the main site. |
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reaz82
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| Posted: Sat Mar 15, 2003 10:10 pm Post subject: |
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true.. but in this case the home site it self doesnt respond..
is ftp.gnome.org working for you?
if it does then it might be a fault in my network..
thanx |
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reaz82
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| Posted: Sat Mar 15, 2003 10:12 pm Post subject: |
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sorry..
gnome.org does work..
my computer wants to be stupid with me..
i'll keep trying..thanx anyway for the info |
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danny_s
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| I'm having the same problem. Trying to access ftp.gnome.org, but doesn"t work. None of the other servers offer the files I need, including this icon thing. I hope someone will find a solution very soon, either for choosing a different server (how about a "real" "gnome" mirror instead of a gentoo mirror?! -> how overwrite this non-gentoo-mirror portage setting??), or by finding another gentoo server that is actually up to date... the "real" strange thing, however, is that logons to ftp.gnome.org work - only the download itself is delayed/rejected. Conclusion: They can't be "down". |
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