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On Saturday 25 Apr 2015 14:07:38 Alexander Kapshuk wrote: |
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> On Sat, Apr 25, 2015 at 3:46 PM, Mick <michaelkintzios@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> > On Saturday 25 Apr 2015 12:58:39 Alexander Kapshuk wrote: |
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> > > On Sat, Apr 25, 2015 at 1:19 PM, Mick <michaelkintzios@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> > > > I recall reading "New portage plug-in sync system" in eselect news, |
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> > > > but it doesn't mention creating such files manually: |
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> > > > |
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> > > > "Migration: |
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> > > > Edit /etc/portage/repos.conf/*.conf files, add the auto-sync |
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> > > > option to each repository definition." |
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> > > > |
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> > > > -- |
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> > > > Regards, |
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> > > > Mick |
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> > > |
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> > > The setting referred to in the message above is the SYNC variable |
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> > > defined in /etc/portage/make.conf. |
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> > > |
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> > > With the sync url now defined in /etc/portage/repos.conf/gentoo.conf, |
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> > > you either want to comment out the line in /etc/portage/make.conf |
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> > > where SYNC |
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> > |
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> > is |
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> > |
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> > > defined, or get rid of it all together. For the time being, I chose the |
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> > > former. |
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> > > |
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> > > grep uri /etc/portage/repos.conf/gentoo.conf |
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> > > sync-uri = rsync://rsync.uk.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage |
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> > > % grep SYNC /etc/portage/make.conf |
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> > > #SYNC="rsync://rsync.uk.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" |
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> > |
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> > Thanks Alexander, I will be adding the sync-uri line in |
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> > /etc/portage/repos.conf/gentoo.conf once I know for sure if I should be |
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> > creating this file myself, or if portage ought to have created and for |
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> > some reason hasn't. |
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> > |
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> > On another box of mine the file exists, but I can't recall if I created |
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> > it myself or portage did it for me. :-/ |
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> > |
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> > -- |
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> > Regards, |
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> > Mick |
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> The portage news item makes a reference to the wiki article on the subject |
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> matter: |
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> eselect news read 21 | grep wiki |
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> Please see the wiki page url [1] for detailed instructions. |
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> examples see the wiki page listed below [1]. |
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> [1] https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Project:Portage/Sync |
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> The 'Migration' section states that: |
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> If /etc/portage/repos.conf does not exist: |
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> root # mkdir /etc/portage/repos.conf |
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> root # cp /usr/share/portage/config/repos.conf |
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> /etc/portage/repos.conf/gentoo.conf |
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> Which is what I did on one of my systems, while on the other, |
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> '/etc/portage/repos.conf/gentoo.conf' seems to have come into being without |
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> any interference on my part, so to speak. |
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Ahh! Well spotted. Thank you Alexander. The mystery as to why some systems |
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were converted and others require manual intervention remains ... |
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-- |
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Regards, |
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Mick |