Downloading KDE sources always AWFULLY SLOW

[Joshua Root]

On 2012-10-31 07:24 , Ryan Schmidt wrote:
> If it's not fast, just for you, then you could edit _resources/port1.0/fetch/mirror_sites.tcl and remove that URL from the kde group. If you're fetching your ports tree using rsync, then that change will be wiped out next time you sync; if you use Subversion to fetch your ports tree, then the change will persist indefinitely.
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> On Oct 30, 2012, at 15:22, Jeremy Lavergne wrote:
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>> Considering overriding the DNS for that mirror, pointing it to localhost or something where you'll get an immediate 404?
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> Yes, that would be another option, if it's slow just for Marko. An entry could be added to /etc/hosts for example to point the server at a black hole.

No need for such hacks, just set host_blacklist in macports.conf.

- Josh