NetCube-Systems-Austria/kumquat-buildroot
1
0
Fork 0
Code Issues Pull Requests Actions Packages Projects Releases Wiki Activity

Config.in: use better URL for GNU mirrors

Browse Source 
As explained on http://www.gnu.org/prep/ftp.en.html, the network of
GNU mirrors provide a generic address, http://ftpmirror.gnu.org/,
which automatically redirects to an up-to-date and local mirror. This
allows to greatly speed-up downloads, and also reduces the load on the
main GNU server.

Signed-off-by: Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@free-electrons.com>
Signed-off-by: Peter Korsgaard <peter@korsgaard.com>
This commit is contained in:
Thomas Petazzoni 2016-05-24 20:48:26 +02:00 committed by Peter Korsgaard
parent 5ff845927b
commit 3999f0ad3c
1 changed files with 5 additions and 3 deletions
Show Stats Download Patch File Download Diff File Expand all files Collapse all files

8
Config.in
View File

@ -240,10 +240,12 @@ config BR2_KERNEL_MIRROR
config BR2_GNU_MIRROR
string "GNU Software mirror"
default "http://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu"
default "http://ftpmirror.gnu.org"
help
GNU has multiple software mirrors scattered around the world.
The following allows you to select your preferred mirror.
GNU has multiple software mirrors scattered around the
world. The following allows you to select your preferred
mirror. By default, a generic address is used, which
automatically selects an up-to-date and local mirror.
Have a look on the gnu.org site for a list of mirrors, then enter
the URL to the base directory. Examples: