[OE-core] new feature? (for "DL_DIR")

[Gary Thomas]

On 2011-08-22 14:27, Saul Wold wrote:
> On 08/22/2011 04:12 AM, Gary Thomas wrote:
>> On 2011-08-22 01:56, Ni Qingliang wrote:
>>> Do we can assign all package be downloaded from the same path?
>>>
>>> I want setup one internal server to store the files in upstreamsources,
>>> and all developer's PC use it but not the original package address.
>>>
>>
>> Just add these lines to your .conf (I put them in my ${DISTRO}.conf):
>> # Provide pre-staged sources
>> SOURCE_MIRROR_URL ?= "file:///opt/amltd/poky/sources/"
>> INHERIT += "own-mirrors"
>>
>> Simply point SOURCE_MIRROR_URL at your file cache.
>>
> You could also use PREMIRRORS in the developer's local.conf, point
> PREMIRRORS for packages to your internal server (could be ftp, http or file when mounted via NFS).

But then you end up typing all the patterns for the various file types, etc.

own-mirrors does all that for you by creating a PREMIRRORS variable based
on the single SOURCE_MIRROR_URL

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