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From: Rich Freeman <rich0@g.o>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Emerge --sync source
Date: Thu, 28 Feb 2019 15:48:03
Message-Id: CAGfcS_kErK_F8snJbZFZyNd79xAF9up6mcANqkWFq0ZTvAUgbg@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Emerge --sync source by Peter Humphrey
1 On Thu, Feb 28, 2019 at 10:41 AM Peter Humphrey <peter@××××××××××××.uk> wrote:
2 >
3 > On Thursday, 28 February 2019 08:43:13 GMT Davyd McColl wrote:
4 >
5 > > Well, that's pretty-much how git works -- that local repo was still pointing
6 > > to the old remote. Updating your repos.conf won't change that as the old
7 > > remote is stored in config in the .git folder.
8 >
9 > OK. It'd be helpful if the handbook said that, or somewhere else in the docs.
10 > Without that, the clear impression is that repos.conf is the place to specify
11 > the remote source.
12
13 If you're going to migrate it in-place you really should set it in
14 both places. Otherwise you'll end up with a surprise if you remove
15 /usr/portage.
16
17 In general it is usually simplest to just remove /usr/portage anytime
18 you change the sync settings. At least until portage gets smarter
19 about it.
20
21 --
22 Rich

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