On Sun, Sep 18, 2005 at 04:03:46PM -0400, Walter Dnes wrote > I update m3000 first and then m450. Any necessary tarballs/checksums > will end up in m3000's /usr/portage/distfiles directory. I've already > got ssh via key authorization going between the two machines, so they > can back up each other. I turn on m450 once a week to emerge --sync and > update it. I'd like the first mirror choice to be scp or sftp from m3000 > (or 192.168.123.252 if that's easier). Can it be done, and if so, what > is the syntax?
Yes, I'm talking to myself. I was trying to do it "the hard way", but the answer is so simple that I missed it. Forget "GENTOO_MIRRORS". I simply need a one-liner... scp [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/usr/portage/distfiles/* /usr/portage/distfiles/ ...copies over all the necessary tarballs/checksums. -- Walter Dnes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> My musings on technology and security at http://tech_sec.blog.ca -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
