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From: Daniel Wagener <stelf@×××.net>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Can't emerge --sync
Date: Sat, 15 Jul 2017 10:14:56
Message-Id: 0LfC4q-1dyl601xWK-00oncI@mail.gmx.com
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] Can't emerge --sync by Peter Humphrey
1 On Sat, 15 Jul 2017 11:00:01 +0100
2 Peter Humphrey <peter@××××××××××××.uk> wrote:
3
4 > Hello list,
5 >
6 > Today I get this:
7 >
8 > # emerge --sync
9 > >>> Syncing repository 'gentoo' into '/usr/portage'...
10 > /usr/bin/git pull
11 > remote: Counting objects: 25, done.
12 > remote: Compressing objects: 100% (9/9), done.
13 > remote: Total 25 (delta 15), reused 25 (delta 15), pack-reused 0
14 > Unpacking objects: 100% (25/25), done.
15 > From https://github.com/gentoo-mirror/gentoo
16 > c80ef88a736..b9cb9e0b42e stable -> origin/stable
17 > Updating c5ec29f674c..b9cb9e0b42e
18 > error: Your local changes to the following files would be overwritten
19 > by merge:
20 > metadata/layout.conf
21 > Please commit your changes or stash them before you merge.
22 > Aborting
23 > !!! git pull error in /usr/portage
24 >
25 > I can't imagine I'd ever make any changes to that file, especially
26 > not using git, but I tried reverting to backups of /var
27 > and /usr/portage from a week ago, but I still get the same error.
28 > Using backups from two weeks ago also made no difference.
29 >
30 > I sync and update every day, with never a problem like this before.
31 >
32 > Can anyone see what else I should try? Should I just delete the
33 > offending file? (I'll get some coffee meanwhile...)
34 >
35
36 Why not just go there and do a "git diff"?
37 It will show you what changed – maybe that gives an Idea what happened
38
39 "git reset --hard" to reset the repository should solve that problem.

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Re: [gentoo-user] Can't emerge --sync Peter Humphrey <peter@××××××××××××.uk>