Re: [gentoo-alt] prefix repo_name gentoo_prefix vs. gentoo

[Michael Weiser]

Hi all,

On Fri, Jun 24, 2016 at 05:35:34PM +0200, Michael Weiser wrote:

> for years I've sporadically seen messages such as

> !!! Section 'gentoo' in repos.conf has name different from repository name 'gentoo_prefix' set inside repository

I'd like to warm this up because I'm still manually patching the
repository name after each sync. Does anyone actually remember if and
why that differing name "gentoo_prefix" is actually necessary? Otherwise
I'd propose changing it to "gentoo" and be done with it. See below for
rationale why IMO it's broken currently.

Thanks,
Michael

> when calling emerge --sync et.al. without any negative effects. Today it
> finally caused me grief, because crossdev's heuristic for finding the
> first overlay selected $EPREFIX/usr/portage instead of
> $PREFIX/usr/local/portage.

> So I looked into what it does: It calls portageq
> repositories_configuration $EPREFIX and on my system that gives:

> # portageq repositories_configuration /usr/local/gentoo/
> !!! Section 'gentoo' in repos.conf has name different from repository name 'gentoo_prefix' set inside repository
> [DEFAULT]
> auto-sync = yes
> main-repo = gentoo

> [gentoo]
> aliases = gentoo
> auto-sync = yes
> location = /usr/local/gentoo/usr/portage
> masters =
> priority = -1000

> [gentoo_prefix]
> aliases = gentoo
> auto-sync = yes
> location = /usr/local/gentoo/usr/portage
> masters =
> priority = -1000

> [local]
> auto-sync = yes
> location = /usr/local/gentoo/usr/local/portage
> masters = gentoo_prefix
> priority = 0

> Mhmm. I do not have any repos.conf in $EPREFIX/etc/portage. So as a quick hack
> I went and replaced gentoo_prefix by gentoo in $PORTDIR/metatada/layout.conf,
> $PORTDIR/profiles/metadata, $EPREFIX/usr/share/portage/config/repos.conf and
> $PORTAGE_OVERLAY/metadata/layout.conf (masters).

> That got rid of above warning, portageq now shows

> # portageq repositories_configuration /usr/local/gentoo
> [DEFAULT]
> auto-sync = yes
> main-repo = gentoo

> [gentoo]
> aliases = gentoo
> auto-sync = yes
> location = /usr/local/gentoo/usr/portage
> masters =
> priority = -1000
> sync-type = rsync
> sync-uri = rsync://rsync.prefix.bitzolder.nl/gentoo-portage-prefix
> sync-rsync-extra-opts = None

> [local]
> auto-sync = yes
> location = /usr/local/gentoo/usr/local/portage
> masters = gentoo
> priority = 0

> ... and crossdev correctly selects $EPREFIX/usr/local/portage as first overlay.

> Is there something wrong with my setup or can someone else seeing this as well?

> Thanks,

-- 
bye, Micha
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