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Mark Knecht wrote: |
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> OK, this is too funny. I'm sitting here in the dark browsing around on |
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> my home machine while I'm doing an eix-sync. I have my legs crossed, |
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> sitting in my chair that swivels, and guess what...my big toe is at |
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> __exactly__ the height of the main power button on my APC UPS, and |
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> darn if I don't hit it and power is gone! |
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> The machine booted and came back up with no obvious problems but when |
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> I tried to continue with the eix-sync I get some pretty messed up |
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> messages, ala: |
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> Can't read cache file |
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> /usr/portage/metadata/cache/x11-libs/pixman-0.18.4: Success |
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> Reading category 146|154 ( 94%): x11-libs .. |
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> Can't read cache file |
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> /usr/portage/metadata/cache/x11-libs/pixman-0.18.4: Success |
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> Reading category 146|154 ( 94%): x11-libs .. |
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> Can't read cache file |
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> /usr/portage/metadata/cache/x11-libs/pixman-0.18.4: Success |
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> Reading category 146|154 ( 94%): x11-libs .. |
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> Can't read cache file |
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> /usr/portage/metadata/cache/x11-libs/pixman-0.18.4: Success |
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> Reading category 146|154 ( 94%): x11-libs .. |
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> Can't read cache file |
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> /usr/portage/metadata/cache/x11-libs/pixman-0.18.4: Success |
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> Reading category 154|154 (100%) Finished |
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> I tried removing the timestamp file to get it to sync again but that |
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> didn't fix it. |
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> How does a big-toe guy regenerate the database emerge --sync normally |
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> keeps for my machine? |
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> Too funny! (Hey - at least I provided a laugh I hope!) :-))) |
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> - Mark |
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I think this will help: |
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emerge-webrsync |
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That should download the complete tree. It will be a pretty good size |
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file tho just in case you have dial-up or some other slow connection. |
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Dale |
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:-) :-) |
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P. S. Careful with the toe next time. lol |