Gentoo Archives: gentoo-user

From: Mick <michaelkintzios@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] [SOLVED] Emerge --sync fails on excluded stuff
Date: Tue, 23 Oct 2018 22:32:39
Message-Id: 1993924.XfBHUq1Ms6@dell_xps
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] [SOLVED] Emerge --sync fails on excluded stuff by Neil Bothwick
1 On Tuesday, 23 October 2018 22:30:32 BST Neil Bothwick wrote:
2 > On Tue, 23 Oct 2018 17:14:17 -0400, Walter Dnes wrote:
3 > > > Most files in /etc/portage can be directories, although some utilities
4 > > > get confused if make.conf is, portage just considers the contents as a
5 > > > single file.
6 > > >
7 > > There are 2 files in my /etc/portage/repos.conf/ Namely localrepo.conf
8 > >
9 > > and layman.conf. Now what? Sorry, I'm not trolling. It's painful
10 > > when you RTFM, and TFM is out to lunch.
11 >
12 > I have this in gentoo.conf:
13 >
14 > [DEFAULT]
15 > main-repo = gentoo
16 >
17 > [gentoo]
18 > priority = 20
19 > location = /var/portage
20 > sync-type = rsync
21 > sync-uri = rsync://my.local.mirror/portage
22 > auto-sync = yes
23 > sync-rsync-verify-metamanifest = no
24 >
25 > I can't recall where this file came from but it doesn't appear to have
26 > been installed by an ebuild.
27
28 I have gentoo.conf (similar to the above), layman.conf and local.conf. I'm
29 sure I created the last two myself, while instructions for creating the
30 gentoo.conf were probably published in a news item pertaining to a portage
31 upgrade a few years ago now.
32
33 --
34 Regards,
35 Mick

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