NAME

mirrorselect - A tool which helps to select rsync and distfiles mirrors for Gentoo

SYNTAX

mirrorselect [options]

OPTIONS

-h, --help

Print a usage summary and exit.

--version

Show program's version number and exit.

Main modes

-4, --ipv4

only use IPv4.

-6, --ipv6

only use IPv6.

-D, --deep

Deep mode. This is used to give a more accurate speed test. It will download a 100k file from each server. Because of this you should only use this option if you have a good connection.

-i, --interactive

Interactive Mode, this will present a list to make it possible to select mirrors you wish to use.

Server type selection (choose at most one)

-F, --ftp

ftp only mode. Will not consider hosts of other types.

-H, --http

http only mode. Will not consider hosts of other types.

-r, --rsync

rsync mode. Allows you to interactively select your rsync mirror. Requires -i to be used.

Other options

-b BLOCKSIZE , -blocksize BLOCKSIZE

This is to be used in automatic mode and will split the hosts into blocks of BLOCKSIZE for use with netselect. This is required for certain routers which block 40+ requests at any given time. Recommended parameters to pass are: -s 3 -b 10

-d, --debug

Debug mode.

-o, --output

Output Only Mode, this is especially useful when being used during installation, to redirect output to a file other than /etc/make.conf

-q, --quiet

Quiet mode.

-s SERVERS , -servers SERVERS

Specify Number of servers for Automatic Mode to select. this is only valid for download mirrors. If this is not specified, a default of 1 is used.

-t TIMEOUT , -timeout TIMEOUT

Timeout for deep mode. Defaults to 10 seconds.

EXAMPLES

Autoselect the 5 best mirrors and save results in /etc/make.conf, a backup will be created.

# mirrorselect -s5

Autoselect the 3 best mirrors, use a BLOCKSIZE of 10 and append the output to /etc/make.conf.

# mirrorselect -s3 -b10 -o >> /etc/make.conf

Autoselect the 4 best mirrors, it also loads a 100k file from each mirror. The result will be written to /etc/make.conf, a backup will be created.

# mirrorselect -D -s4

Start mirrorselect in interactive mode to select rsync mirrors.

# mirrorselect -i -r

AUTHORS

Colin Kingsley <tercel@gentoo.org>

Zac Medico <zmedico@gentoo.org>

Sebastian Pipping <sebastian@pipping.org>

Christian Ruppert <idl0r@gentoo.org>

BUGS

Index

NAME

SYNTAX

OPTIONS

Main modes

Server type selection (choose at most one)

Other options

EXAMPLES

AUTHORS

BUGS