How to set mirrors for rsync and source code files
Use a Gentoo mirror close to you, this will give you much higher transfer rates.
1. Selecting mirrors (automatic) using mirrorselect
Mirrorselect is a program that checks a list of know mirrors and finds the best ones by downloading a small test file. It also allows you to select one or more mirrors from a menu. Mirrorselect saves your choices in /etc/make.conf.
First, install mirrorselect:
emerge mirrorselect
Use mirrorselect -d to manually select mirrors. Use -a for automatic mode, and set -s to the number of mirrors you want added to /etc/make.conf. Example:
mirrorselect -a -s5
Add -r use mirrorselect for choosing a rsync mirror (used to update your portage tree). This does not work in automatic mode but does give you a nice list of mirrors so you manually can choose one close to you.
mirrorselect -i -r
2. Manually setting mirrors
Mirrors are set in /etc/make.conf.
Rsync mirrors (updates the portage tree) is set by SYNC="".
File mirrors are set by GENTOO_MIRRORS="".
Mirrors that are known to work include
EU:
- http://mirror.gentoo.se/
- http://mirror.gentoo.no/
- ftp://ftp.du.se/pub/os/gentoo
- http://ftp.du.se/pub/os/gentoo
- http://ds.thn.htu.se/linux/gentoo
World:
- http://mirror.pudas.net/gentoo ftp://mirror.pudas.net/gentoo
- ftp://ftp.gtlib.cc.gatech.edu/pub/gentoo (Germany)
- ftp://ftp.tu-clausthal.de/pub/linux/gentoo
- ftp://ftp.planetmirror.com.au/pub/gentoo/
- ftp://ftp.snt.utwente.nl/pub/os/linux/gentoo
- http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/distributions/gentoo
- http://gentoo.oregonstate.edu/
IPv6 rsync mirror: SYNC="rsync://trumpetti.ip6.atm.tut.fi/gentoo-portage/"
You may add as many mirrors as you like, separated by a space: GENTOO_MIRRORS="mirror1 mirror2 mirror3"
Refer to http://www.gentoo.org/main/en/where.xml and http://www.gentoo.org/main/en/mirrors.xml for a list or Gentoo mirrors.
