8.3 Distfile Caching

Caching distfiles in a local repository can greatly improve build times, and in cases where downloading a particular port is only necessary for a new build, can reduce bandwidth. As long as there is sufficient disk space, enabling a local distfile cache can be accomplished by one of the following commands:

• NFS:

  # ./tc configDistfile -c localhost:${distfiles}

• nullfs:

  # ./tc configDistfile -c ${distfiles}

Where ${distfiles} is either an NFS mount point or, if using nullfs, a fully qualified path where distfiles should be stored.