Dports from local disk (via NFS or otherwise)

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It works! And is indeed a bandwidth time saver!

On 01/03/2015 05:10 AM, Justin Sherrill wrote:
> I am catching up to this way late, but the best way is probably: set
> up a local server that mirrors some remote packagesite - like
> mirror-master.  Point all other local machines at that one.
> 
> That way, you're only using bandwidth on your Internet link once, and
> the rest of the updating happens on an as-needed basis on your
> internal LAN which is probably higher-bandwidth/lower-usage-cost.
> 
> Without having tried it, the file:/// solution would probably work,
> but if you're managing more than a few machines, having a local mirror
> to point at is probably the best solution.
> 
> On Sat, Dec 27, 2014 at 8:51 AM, PeerCorps Trust Fund
> <ipc at peercorpstrust.org> wrote:
>> Hi All,
>>
>> What is the most recommended way to change the default DragonflyBSD package repository to a local disk that has all of the packages downloaded?
>>
>> From the HowToDPorts page my guess is that the following would work:
>>
>> ########################################
>>
>> vi /usr/local/etc/pkg.conf
>>
>> Change this:
>> # Default Dports package server (California)
>> PACKAGESITE: http://mirror-master.dragonflybsd.org/dports/${ABI}/LATEST
>>
>> To something like this:
>> # Default Dports package server (disk)
>> PACKAGESITE: file://<local/path/name/here>
>>
>> pkg update
>>
>> ########################################
>>
>> Is there a better or more recommended way to do this?

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