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On 01/19/2015 05:07 PM, Alec Ten Harmsel wrote: |
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> Just ran it; it downloads |
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> http://gpo.zugaina.org/eix_cache/eix-cache.tbz2. It terminated with an |
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> error while writing the database file, something related to overlays not |
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> existing or something. The help page (run eix-remote with no command) |
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> tells me that `eix-remote update` downloads an eix cache of a bunch of |
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> gentoo overlays. Unless you're interested in searching for software in |
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> the overlays without having all the overlay portage trees on your |
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> machine, |
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Yes, that's the point. |
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I would stick to running a plain `eix-sync`. |
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> You could always try removing /var/cache/eix/remote.eix and then run |
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> `eix-remote update2` - that one succeeds on my machine. |
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eix-remote update2 succeeds on my system too. |
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> FYI, `eix-sync` never calls any `eix-remote` commands; `eix-sync` runs |
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> these three commands in this order: `emerge --sync`, `eix-update`, |
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> `eix-diff`. If this command is failing, I would recommend deleting all |
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> the files in /var/cache/eix. |
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If I delete the files in /var/cache/eix and run eix-sync (without having |
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run eix-remote update) it terminates successfully. |