FETCHCOMMAND

FETCHCOMMAND is a variable that defines the command used for fetching package sources from the Internet. It can be set in the /etc/portage/make.conf configuration file.

Syntax

The following placeholders can be used:

Placeholder	Meaning	Example	Required
\${DISTDIR}	Location of your local source file repository	/var/cache/distfiles	Yes
\${FILE}	Destination file name	example-1.0.tar.xz	Yes
\${URI}	Download URL	https://example.com/download/example-1.0.tar.xz	Yes
\${DIGESTS}	Space separated list of file digests	blake2b:<hexdigest> sha512:<hexdigest>

Speeding up downloads

fetchcommandwrapper combines download tool aria2 with variable GENTOO_MIRRORS to speed up distfile downloads of Portage by downloading from multiple mirrors at the same time.

Install

root #emerge --ask app-portage/fetchcommandwrapper

Then add the following line to your /etc/portage/make.conf file:

FILE /etc/portage/make.conf

source /usr/share/fetchcommandwrapper/make.conf

See also

• GENTOO_MIRRORS
• RESUMECOMMAND