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From: Mike Frysinger <vapier@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] questions about /usr/portage/metadata
Date: Wed, 04 Feb 2004 21:51:56
Message-Id: 200402041651.49892.vapier@gentoo.org
In Reply to: [gentoo-dev] questions about /usr/portage/metadata by Jason Rhinelander
1 On Wednesday 04 February 2004 02:42 pm, Jason Rhinelander wrote:
2 > 1. Is there a simple way to update these timestamps when I change the
3 > portage tree? I mean other than edit the three files (yes, I am lazy).
4
5 the timestamp files are created by scripts on the master rsync server ...
6 they're not really utilized at this point in time so you dont have to worry
7 about it
8
9 > 2. Do I need to run `emerge regen` when I update the portage tree on the
10 > rsync server?
11
12 nope ... the metadata files only exist to make cache updates on the client
13 side faster ... the update for the ebuilds you added will take a little bit
14 longer on the clients side, but the difference is negligible
15
16 > 3. I get an error the first time I emerge something and I think it may
17 > have something to do with this cache. Here is the jist of the error:
18
19 no, it's a portage bug, unrelated to the rsync tree ... ignore the autoclean
20 error/warnings and just delete the incomplete stuff if those messages persist
21 -mike