Gentoo Archives: gentoo-user

From: Michael Orlitzky <mjo@g.o>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] emerge --sync keeps failing
Date: Mon, 02 Aug 2021 11:19:34
Message-Id: YQfQ0/Ox20dLMJ9R@stitch
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] emerge --sync keeps failing by n952162
1 On 2021-08-02 09:20:19, n952162 wrote:
2 > On 8/1/21 8:32 PM, Michael Orlitzky wrote:
3 > > On Sun, 2021-08-01 at 17:32 +0200, n952162 wrote:
4 > >>  * Verifying /var/db/repos/gentoo/.tmp-unverified-download-quarantine
5 > >> ...!!! Manifest verification failed:
6 > >>  Manifest mismatch for metadata/news/Manifest
7 > >>
8 > >> I've raised this question before and the only useful answer I got was to
9 > >> keep trying
10 > >>
11 > > On the off chance that something is screwy on the remote end, you can
12 > > always use "emerge-webrsync" and delay the problem until next time.
13 >
14 >
15 > Does that install binary images?
16 >
17
18 No, it just tells portage to use HTTP instead of rsync. One big file
19 is downloaded and verified instead of many little ones.