Re: [gentoo-dev] Experimental binary package hosting

[Andrew Ammerlaan]

On 22/09/2021 09:58, Torokhov Sergey wrote:
> I have repos configs placed into /etc/portage/repos.conf with
> "rsync-type = git" fo all repos
> so I created binhost.cond file here instead of /etc/portage/ as
> mentioned in blog post.

binhost.conf should be in binrepos.conf instead of repos.conf. See also: 
https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Binary_package_guide#Pulling_packages_from_a_binary_package_host

> Then I tried to sync and got warnings:
> ...
> !!! Section 'binhost' in repos.conf is missing location attribute
> !!! Repository 'binhost' has sync-uri attribute, but is missing
> sync-type attribute
> ...
> So it seems it's dosn't sync with binhost index without location attribute.
> After setup location attribute to specific directory I got warning on
> sync trying:
> !!! Repository 'binhost' has sync-uri attribute, but is missing
> sync-type attribute
> !!! Repository 'binhost' is missing masters attribute in
> '/usr/local/portage/binhost/metadata/layout.conf'
> !!! Set 'masters = gentoo' in this file for future compatibility
> I tried to set up "rsync-type = rsync" or "webrsync" with "amsters =
> gentoo" but then I got error:
> !!! Repository 'binhost' is missing masters attribute in
> '/usr/local/portage/binhost/metadata/layout.conf'
> !!! Set 'masters = gentoo' in this file for future compatibility
> So I created /usr/local/portage/binhost/metadata/layout.conf :
> masters = gentoo
> auto-sync = false
> thin-manifests = true
>
> So then on sync I got:
>     The current sync-type attribute of repository 'gentoo' is not set to
> 'rsync' or 'webrsync':
>     sync-type=git
> ----
> Is it currently git sync available for binhost?

A binhost is different from an ebuild repository, it is just a 
collection of .xpak files so there is no git sync involved.