Gentoo Archives: gentoo-user

From: Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Accesssing gentoo repostitories
Date: Sat, 16 Jan 2010 21:57:11
Message-Id: 20100116215631.1aabd553@digimed.co.uk
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] Re: Accesssing gentoo repostitories by Harry Putnam
1 On Sat, 16 Jan 2010 11:48:05 -0600, Harry Putnam wrote:
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3 > I've even hit a few (fonts) where the downloaded package does not
4 > match the size emerge expects... again it just fails instead of trying
5 > the other hosts in the list.
6 >
7 > I don't think I've ever seen a failure on size from a listed mirror
8 > before.
9
10 This happens when upstream changes the package without bumping the
11 filename. If you have the package in $DISTDIR from the last time you
12 emerged it, you'll get an error. Portage won't try to download the file
13 from elsewhere because you already have it. Delete the copy you have
14 and it should download and emerge correctly next time.
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18 Neil Bothwick
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20 Diagonally parked in a head-on universe...

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