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VinnieNZ
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 Posted: Fri Jun 13, 2008 8:34 am Post subject: [SOLVED] GENTOO_MIRRORS in /etc/make.conf ignored |
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Hi,
On my system, for some reason as of late, GENTOO_MIRRORS in the /etc/make.conf file seems to be being ignored.
This is extraordinarily annoying as during peak times, international internet access in NZ is quite slow at the moment, and if I try to emerge something, I usually end up with the download failing or corrupt packages. I have had set (for a long time) a local mirror that resolves this issue (and gives me massively fast downloads), but for some reason the packages are always fetched from http://distfiles.gentoo.org/.
I'm not sure when this first started happening, but I'm currently running Portage 2.1.5.5, and its affected a few versions prior to this. I also note that very occasionally it does obey the GENTOO_MIRRORS line, and will download from the local server, but 9 times out of 10, it will instantly try the distfiles.gentoo.org server first.
The GENTOO_MIRRORS line I have in my /etc/make.conf file looks like:
| Code: | | GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://ftp.citylink.co.nz/gentoo http://ftp.swin.edu.au/gentoo http://distfiles.gentoo.org" |
Using the mirrorselect tool to generate an automatic list doesn't work either.
This only affects on PC on my network, the others, with the exact same copy and paste GENTOO_MIRRORS line, will check the NZ server first, the AUS one second, and gentoo last.
Any ideas as to what is going on?
Last edited by VinnieNZ on Fri Jun 13, 2008 10:26 pm; edited 1 time in total |
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VinnieNZ
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| Posted: Fri Jun 13, 2008 9:03 am Post subject: |
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OK, this is kind of odd:
| Code: | >>> Emerging (1 of 1) x11-wm/e-0.16.999.041 to /
>>> Downloading 'http://distfiles.gentoo.org/distfiles/enlightenment-0.16.999.041.tar.gz'
--2008-06-13 20:59:13-- http://distfiles.gentoo.org/distfiles/enlightenment-0.16.999.041.tar.gz
Resolving localhost... 127.0.0.1
Connecting to localhost|127.0.0.1|:8080... connected.
Proxy request sent, awaiting response... 404 Not Found
2008-06-13 20:59:13 ERROR 404: Not Found.
>>> Downloading 'http://ftp.citylink.co.nz/gentoo/distfiles/enlightenment-0.16.999.041.tar.gz'
--2008-06-13 20:59:13-- http://ftp.citylink.co.nz/gentoo/distfiles/enlightenment-0.16.999.041.tar.gz
Resolving localhost... 127.0.0.1
Connecting to localhost|127.0.0.1|:8080... connected.
Proxy request sent, awaiting response... 404 Not Found
2008-06-13 20:59:14 ERROR 404: Not Found.
>>> Downloading 'http://ftp.swin.edu.au/gentoo/distfiles/enlightenment-0.16.999.041.tar.gz'
--2008-06-13 20:59:14-- http://ftp.swin.edu.au/gentoo/distfiles/enlightenment-0.16.999.041.tar.gz
Resolving localhost... 127.0.0.1
Connecting to localhost|127.0.0.1|:8080... connected.
Proxy request sent, awaiting response... 404 Not Found
2008-06-13 20:59:14 ERROR 404: Not Found. |
Ignoring the fact that the file is not found, its tries http://distfiles.gentoo.org first, then proceeds to check the rest of the mirrors I have specified in GENTOO_MIRRORS.  |
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gerard82
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| Posted: Fri Jun 13, 2008 9:44 am Post subject: |
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Hi VinnieNZ,
I am puzzled by your emerge-fetch.log.
Here is an example of what happens on my box: | Code: |
>>> Emerging (2 of 6) app-cdr/dvd+rw-tools-7.1 to /
>>> Downloading 'ftp://ftp.snt.utwente.nl/pub/os/linux/gentoo/distfiles/dvd+rw-tools-7.1.tar.gz'
--2008-06-12 13:13:57-- ftp://ftp.snt.utwente.nl/pub/os/linux/gentoo/distfiles/dvd+rw-tools-7.1.tar.gz
=> `/usr/portage/distfiles/dvd+rw-tools-7.1.tar.gz'
Resolving ftp.snt.utwente.nl... 130.89.175.1
Connecting to ftp.snt.utwente.nl|130.89.175.1|:21... connected.
Logging in as anonymous ... Logged in!
==> SYST ... done. ==> PWD ... done.
==> TYPE I ... done. ==> CWD /pub/os/linux/gentoo/distfiles ... done.
==> SIZE dvd+rw-tools-7.1.tar.gz ... 140846
==> PASV ... done. ==> RETR dvd+rw-tools-7.1.tar.gz ... done.
Length: 140846 (138K)
0K .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... 36% 181K 0s
50K .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... 72% 323K 0s
100K .......... .......... .......... ....... 100% 332K=0.5s
2008-06-12 13:14:01 (253 KB/s) - `/usr/portage/distfiles/dvd+rw-tools-7.1.tar.gz' saved [140846] |
As you can see there's no resolving localhost.
Are you using a proxy (never used it myself) or a firewall?
If so maybe that's where your problem is?
Gerard.
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VinnieNZ
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| Posted: Fri Jun 13, 2008 10:37 am Post subject: |
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Yes, I'm using a proxy on the local machine.
HTTP-Replicator, to ensure that any packages that are downloaded are grabbed locally when installing on other gentoo machines.
I've just tested and removing the proxy line doesn't change things.  |
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cyrillic
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| Posted: Fri Jun 13, 2008 7:52 pm Post subject: |
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| Code: | | # echo "127.0.0.1 distfiles.gentoo.org" >> /etc/hosts |
This is a crude but effective way to block portage from downloading anything from this particular mirror. |
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VinnieNZ
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| Posted: Fri Jun 13, 2008 10:26 pm Post subject: |
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Ah-ha, found it.
There was a file /etc/portage/mirrors that had the contents as http://distfiles.gentoo.org.
Deleting this file (since its not on any of my other Gentoo machines) got rid of the problem, and now goes in the correct order.
Yay  |
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