[gentoo-user] [SOLVED] "emerge --sync" and "gemato" screwed

[Walter Dnes]

It looks like we may have a "documentation bug" on our hands.
According to https://www.gentoo.org/support/news-items/2018-01-30-portage-rsync-verification.html

> If you wish to disable it, you can disable the 'rsync-verify' USE
> flag on sys-apps/portage or set 'sync-rsync-verify-metamanifest =
> no' in your repos.conf.

  This was a fresh install on an old machine.  I had "-rsync-verify"
in package.use, but 'sync-rsync-verify-metamanifest = yes' in repos.conf.
Changing that to "no" allowed the "emerge --rsync" to proceed, and I've
now got the update running.  I'll wait a few days and try agin.  I want
to check whether both the USE flag and repos.conf need to be disabled,
or whether the USE flag is ignored alltogether.

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Walter Dnes <waltdnes@××××××××.org>
I don't run "desktop environments"; I run useful applications