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On 12/11/2015 18:42, Grant Edwards wrote: |
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> On 2015-11-12, <wabenbau@×××××.com> <wabenbau@×××××.com> wrote: |
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>> Grant Edwards <grant.b.edwards@×××××.com> wrote: |
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>>> After an emerge --sync that appeared to work with no problems, my |
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>>> "emerge -auvND world" command is reporting that the Changelong files |
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>>> are broken for about 2/3 of the packages it wants to update: |
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>>> |
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>>> !!! Digest verification failed: |
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>>> !!! /usr/portage/dev-libs/libxml2/ChangeLog |
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>>> !!! Reason: Filesize does not match recorded size |
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>>> !!! Got: 5221 |
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>>> !!! Expected: 5038 |
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>>> |
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>>> !!! Digest verification failed: |
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>>> !!! /usr/portage/app-text/iso-codes/ChangeLog |
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>>> !!! Reason: Filesize does not match recorded size |
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>>> !!! Got: 4195 |
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>>> !!! Expected: 4014 |
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>>> |
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>>> [ ... and so on for another dozen or so packages ... ] |
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>>> |
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>>> I removed the emerge timestamp, sync'ed again, and got the same |
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>>> result. Based on past experiences, I'm guessing that if I wait a day |
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>>> or two and sync again the problems will go away. |
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>>> |
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>>> But I am curious what causes these temporary breakages. Does anybody |
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>>> know how this happens? |
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>> Try it again. I just synced and received new Manifest and Changelog |
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>> files for every(?) package of the portage tree. But no report of bad |
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>> digest. |
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> Just for fun, I removed the files from the portage tree that were |
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> reported as bad, and did another sync. Apparently, the rsync host |
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> that got chosen that time had just been updated, because it downloaded |
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> 313 files (I didn't pay much attention to which files exactly), and |
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> now emerge is happy again. |
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> I assume that the portage trees on the rsync servers from my first two |
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> attempts were in some intermediate state with new manifist files and |
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> old ChangeLog files or vice versa. |
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> In the past I've wondered how portage tree updates and rsync servers |
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> are managed so that people don't run into problems like this more |
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> often. |
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The dev are doing some $MAGIC to reinstate ChangeLogs and the first run |
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is expected to take a while (i.e. several hours). I suppose you can |
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expect some breakage till it finishes. |
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It's being discussed and tracked on gentoo-dev, you can drop a mail |
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there with specifics to let the devs know what's happening. |
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Alan McKinnon |
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alan.mckinnon@×××××.com |