Gentoo Archives: gentoo-amd64

From: John Myers <electronerd@××××××××××.com>
To: gentoo-amd64@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-amd64] Re: Re: I seem to have lost my 'system' list
Date: Sat, 19 Nov 2005 10:03:22
Message-Id: 200511190206.12857.electronerd@monolith3d.com
In Reply to: [gentoo-amd64] Re: Re: I seem to have lost my 'system' list by Duncan <1i5t5.duncan@cox.net>
1 On Saturday 19 November 2005 01:07, Duncan wrote:
2 > Barry.SCHWARTZ posted <20051119073425.GA22801@××××××××××××.org>, excerpted
3 >
4 > below, on Sat, 19 Nov 2005 01:34:25 -0600:
5 > >> The system list will be in your profile, which is /supposed/ to be the
6 > >> directory pointed to by the /etc/make.profile symlink. Normally, that
7 > >> symlink will point to somewhere in the portage tree, under profiles,
8 > >> which would mean a subdir of /usr/portage/profiles (typically
9 > >> /usr/portage/profiles/default-linux/amd64/2005.1 or something similar),
10 > >> if you haven't customized the path to your $PORTDIR
11 My make.profile is fine. In fact I changed from 2005.0 to 2005.1 on both
12 machines, with no effect on either.
13
14 > >>
15 > >> Assuming the symlink is pointing to the correct spot in your portage
16 > >> tree, if the spot (or your entire portage tree) is somehow empty, an
17 > >> emerge sync should correct the issue.
18 > >
19 > > Neh, I got the same problem. Seems sync with an outside server fixes
20 > > the problem, so it must be a bug in my local rsync server, likely a
21 > > semi-ubiquitous bug.
22 >
23 > Maybe.
24 >
25 > It's also possible there's a bad public rsync server.
26 except that my local rsync master _has_ its system list.