James Tanis wrote:
"cpghost" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
The ports would still go to the primary sites (to conserve bandwidth),
but should the original distfile disappear, it would be still available
on freebsd.
I think his problem comes from the fact that some ports don't do this, not
that it isn't a good idea. The port maintainers just never did it.
No, you're both mistaken:
# MASTER_SITE_BACKUP
# - Backup location(s) for distribution
files and patch
# files if not found locally and
${MASTER_SITES}/${PATCH_SITES}
# Default:
#
ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/distfiles/${DIST_SUBDIR}/
All ports fall back to fetching from the master distfile repository if
they can't be found at the upstream sites. This dates back at least to
1996.
Kris
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