Changes between Version 1 and Version 2 of Mirroring


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Timestamp:
Mar 1, 2016, 2:19:36 PM (8 years ago)
Author:
ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt)
Comment:

adjust module sizes

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  • Mirroring

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    2929The MacPorts files are distributed in four rsync modules. You should usually mirror all of them.
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    31 * **packages** contains precompiled archives of each MacPorts port for several OS X versions. This is the largest module, around 600GB. Mirroring this module will provide the greatest benefit to MacPorts users near you since it lets them automatically receive these large files more quickly.
    32 * **distfiles** contains the source code tarballs from which the precompiled archives were created. There are some ports that cannot legally be distributed as binaries, so those must build from these source files on the user's computer. This is the second-largest module, around 100GB. **Note:** this module used to be called ''mpdistfiles''. If you are mirroring ''mpdistfiles'', please switch to mirroring ''distfiles''. If your local module is called ''mpdistfiles'', please rename it to ''distfiles'' and let us know so that we can update mirror_sites.tcl.
     31* **packages** contains precompiled archives of each MacPorts port for several OS X versions. This is the largest module, around 450GB. Mirroring this module will provide the greatest benefit to MacPorts users near you since it lets them automatically receive these large files more quickly.
     32* **distfiles** contains the source code tarballs from which the precompiled archives were created. There are some ports that cannot legally be distributed as binaries, so those must build from these source files on the user's computer. This is the second-largest module, around 150GB. **Note:** this module used to be called ''mpdistfiles''. If you are mirroring ''mpdistfiles'', please switch to mirroring ''distfiles''. If your local module is called ''mpdistfiles'', please rename it to ''distfiles'' and let us know so that we can update mirror_sites.tcl.
    3333* **release** contains the latest released version of the MacPorts base source code which users update by running `sudo port selfupdate`, as well as the collection of Portfiles—the text files MacPorts reads that tell it how to install each port—which users update by running `sudo port sync`. Users near you can manually configure MacPorts to user your mirror for faster speed. This small module is around 500MB.
    3434* **trunk** contains the latest development version of the MacPorts base source code. This small module is around 20MB.