Re: [gentoo-user] /etc/portage/repos.conf/gentoo.conf is missing

[Alexander Kapshuk]

On Sat, Apr 25, 2015 at 6:49 PM, Mick <michaelkintzios@×××××.com> wrote:

> On Saturday 25 Apr 2015 14:07:38 Alexander Kapshuk wrote:
> > On Sat, Apr 25, 2015 at 3:46 PM, Mick <michaelkintzios@×××××.com> wrote:
> > > On Saturday 25 Apr 2015 12:58:39 Alexander Kapshuk wrote:
> > > > On Sat, Apr 25, 2015 at 1:19 PM, Mick <michaelkintzios@×××××.com>
> wrote:
> > > > > I recall reading "New portage plug-in sync system" in eselect news,
> > > > > but it doesn't mention creating such files manually:
> > > > >
> > > > > "Migration:
> > > > >     Edit /etc/portage/repos.conf/*.conf files, add the auto-sync
> > > > >     option to each repository definition."
> > > > >
> > > > > --
> > > > > Regards,
> > > > > Mick
> > > >
> > > > The setting referred to in the message above is the SYNC variable
> > > > defined in /etc/portage/make.conf.
> > > >
> > > > With the sync url now defined in /etc/portage/repos.conf/gentoo.conf,
> > > > you either want to comment out the line in /etc/portage/make.conf
> > > > where SYNC
> > >
> > > is
> > >
> > > > defined, or get rid of it all together. For the time being, I chose
> the
> > > > former.
> > > >
> > > > grep uri /etc/portage/repos.conf/gentoo.conf
> > > > sync-uri = rsync://rsync.uk.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage
> > > > % grep SYNC /etc/portage/make.conf
> > > > #SYNC="rsync://rsync.uk.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage"
> > >
> > > Thanks Alexander, I will be adding the sync-uri line in
> > > /etc/portage/repos.conf/gentoo.conf once I know for sure if I should be
> > > creating this file myself, or if portage ought to have created and for
> > > some reason hasn't.
> > >
> > > On another box of mine the file exists, but I can't recall if I created
> > > it myself or portage did it for me.  :-/
> > >
> > > --
> > > Regards,
> > > Mick
> >
> > The portage news item makes a reference to the wiki article on the
> subject
> > matter:
> > eselect news read 21 | grep wiki
> >         Please see the wiki page url [1] for detailed instructions.
> > examples see the wiki page listed below [1].
> > [1] https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Project:Portage/Sync
> >
> > The 'Migration' section states that:
> > If /etc/portage/repos.conf does not exist:
> > root # mkdir /etc/portage/repos.conf
> > root # cp /usr/share/portage/config/repos.conf
> > /etc/portage/repos.conf/gentoo.conf
> >
> > Which is what I did on one of my systems, while on the other,
> > '/etc/portage/repos.conf/gentoo.conf' seems to have come into being
> without
> > any interference on my part, so to speak.
>
> Ahh!  Well spotted.  Thank you Alexander.  The mystery as to why some
> systems
> were converted and others require manual intervention remains ...
>
> --
> Regards,
> Mick
>

No worries. There is bound to be some one on this list who will shed light
on this mystery.