Re: [gentoo-user] --sync

[Lee]

Had a similar issue to the OP, and it turned out to be a flaky internet
connection. I switched ISP's and, while sync's still take longer than I'd
like, I don't have the failures, time outs I did before.

On Sun, Jul 31, 2022 at 1:54 PM Stefan Schmiedl <s@×××.de> wrote:

> Sonntag, 31. Juli 2022 21:51:
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> I've been running gentoo for years now, and every time I go to --sync,
> it's really a painful process.
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> The process can take *very* [long] before you find out if it succeeded or
> not.
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> ...
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> It can take several hours before it finally works
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> Use a tool like atop to get some info about the throughput
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> of your network connection. Something like "ss -ntp" might
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> show interesting info about the state of the connection
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> between your machine and the server, too.
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> You might have problems with DNS name resolution or your
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> box patiently trying to establish an IPv6 connection when
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> your internet connection is IPv4 only.
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> But switching to git, like Neil said, does make things faster.
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> FWIW, my config file reads like this:
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> # cat /etc/portage/repos.conf/gentoo.conf
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> [DEFAULT]
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> main-repo = gentoo
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> [gentoo]
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> location = /var/db/repos/gentoo
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> sync-type = git
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> sync-uri = https://github.com/gentoo-mirror/gentoo.git
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> auto-sync = yes
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> sync-git-verify-commit-signature = yes
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> sync-openpgp-key-path = /usr/share/openpgp-keys/gentoo-release.asc
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> good luck,
>
> s.
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> It seems like a time-out problem.  Or maybe a memory problem ... In any
> case, it doesn't seem like it ought to be difficult to at least know
> what the problem is.
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> Or?
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-- 
Lee 😎
<ny6p01@×××××.com>