On 1/19/07, Jens Kubieziel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Hi,a friend of mine wants to use Gentoo, but has a poor internet connection. We are thinking about a convenient way to get packages. We thought about redefining $FETCHCOMMAND to something like 'FETCHCOMMAND="echo ${URI} > package.file'. But that (and also other tries) did not work. What is the best way to get a file of download-URLs to feed to wget? Thanks for any recommendations
There are many ways of doying this, and what you've tried will most certainly not work :-), try something like: http://gentoo-wiki.com/TIP_Downloading_distfiles_on_another_machine There are more tips regarding this at the Wiki, check Google too... -- Daniel da Veiga Computer Operator - RS - Brazil -----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK----- Version: 3.1 GCM/IT/P/O d-? s:- a? C++$ UBLA++ P+ L++ E--- W+++$ N o+ K- w O M- V- PS PE Y PGP- t+ 5 X+++ R+* tv b+ DI+++ D+ G+ e h+ r+ y++ ------END GEEK CODE BLOCK------ -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
