Gentoo Archives: gentoo-user

From:	Walter Dnes <waltdnes@××××××××.org>
To:	Gentoo Users List <gentoo-user@l.g.o>
Subject:	[gentoo-user] emerge --sync booby-trap with portage +/- rsync-verify flag
Date:	Sun, 06 Sep 2020 01:38:11
Message-Id:	`20200906013753.GA18194@waltdnes.org`

1	Long story short...
2
3	emerging portage with USE="-rsync-verify" also requires setting
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5	sync-rsync-verify-metamanifest = no
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7	in /etc/portage/repos.conf/gentoo.conf to actually function.
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9	I assume that you have to set
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11	sync-rsync-verify-metamanifest = yes
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13	in /etc/portage/repos.conf/gentoo.conf IN ADDITION TO emerging
14	portage with USE="rsync-verify" to actually force verification. See
15	https://bugs.gentoo.org/723966 for more than you wanted to know.
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17	--
18	Walter Dnes <waltdnes@××××××××.org>
19	I don't run "desktop environments"; I run useful applications