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Lucas Holt edited this page Sep 6, 2023 · 2 revisions

mport packages are always uploaded to the main server first in the US. However, you can also access them from mirrors. In order to use a mirror, you must configure the mirror_region setting.

This procedure should work on MidnightBSD 1.1 stable or 1.2 release or higher.

Note: the mirror in Japan uses TLS so you should have ca_root_nss installed for certificates to work correctly.

View the current setting

mport config get mirror_region

in mport 2.4.5 or later

mport config list

Select mport mirror automatically

in mport 2.4.5 or later

mport mirror select

Examples for each region

mport config set mirror_region jp

mport config set mirror_region uk

mport config set mirror_region us

What mirrors are available?

You can check the current mirror list within the index file downloaded either automatically by mport or by using mport index.

In mport 2.4.5 or later:

mport mirror list

Manually in old versions:

It's a SQLite 3 database file.

sqlite3 /var/db/mport/index.db

select * from mirrors;

You should see output like

jp|https://pub.allbsd.org/MidnightBSD/mports/packages/

uk|http://discovery.midnightbsd.org/mports/packages/

us|http://www.midnightbsd.org/ftp/MidnightBSD/mports/packages/

us2 and us3 mirrors were added for MidnightBSD 2.1+

(then just type control + d to quit the program or type .exit and hit enter)

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