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On Thursday 03 June 2010 19:55:29 walt wrote: |
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> On 06/03/2010 05:43 AM, Rod wrote: |
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> > Hi, has anyone had this problem with trying to update the database for |
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> > portage? |
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> > |
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> > It was doing this a while ago, then it stopped (I don't know why) now its |
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> > doing it again.. |
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> > |
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> > # emerge --sync |
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> > |
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> > >>> Starting rsync with rsync://91.186.30.235/gentoo-portage... |
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> > >>> Checking server timestamp ... |
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> > |
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> > timed out |
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> |
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> If you don't specify a list of mirrors you want, portage will rotate |
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> randomly through its list. You'll probably get better results if you pick |
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> a handful of servers that are close to you and not overloaded. Emerge |
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> mirrorselect and see if you can get better servers. |
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I'm also getting this. Initially I thought that DNS could not resolve for |
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some ISP related reason, but it is more involved than that. It seems like a |
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$SYNC not a $GENTOO_MIRRORS problem. |
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I changed the rsync.europe.gentoo.org to rsync.de.gentoo.org and rsync worked. |
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So, could it be that something is wrong with the way the rsync rsync.europe |
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mirrors are meant to be rotated? |
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Regards, |
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Mick |
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