From: Dan <dan@spore.ath.cx>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] xorg.freedesktop.org server down, xextproto
Date: Wed, 3 Jan 2007 11:57:25 -0600 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20070103115725.41e7a27d@pascal.spore.ath.cx> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1167826177.4923.17.camel@r4000>
On Wed, 03 Jan 2007 13:09:37 +0100
Mihamina Rakotomandimby <mihamina.rakotomandimby@etu.univ-orleans.fr>
wrote:
> [ go an have a cup of coffee ]
that is a _Very_ good idea...
> But one question. Is not there any way to get portage try another
> source? Why does portage try only freedesktop.org server? It appears
> that ftp.x.org is an up mirror: why not use it too?
>
if you have a list of gentoo mirrors in make.conf, namely the kind of
list generated by mirrorselect, you will get the cascading mirror thing
you desire. Be warned though, i have never found it a helpful remedy.
Usually, if you don't set a mirror at all, everything works fine.
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Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2007-01-03 10:36 [gentoo-user] xorg.freedesktop.org server down, xextproto Mihamina Rakotomandimby
2007-01-03 10:49 ` Raymond Lewis Rebbeck
2007-01-03 11:14 ` William Kenworthy
2007-01-03 12:59 ` Mihamina Rakotomandimby
2007-01-06 21:16 ` Enrico Weigelt
2007-01-03 12:09 ` Mihamina Rakotomandimby
2007-01-03 17:57 ` Dan [this message]
2007-01-03 18:45 ` Mihamina Rakotomandimby
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