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n952162 wrote: |
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> I've been running gentoo for years now, and every time I go to --sync, |
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> it's really a painful process. |
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> The process can take *very* before you find out if it succeeded or not. |
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> I try different repos.conf servers - one works for a while, then |
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> doesn't, then later, the new one doesn't work anymore and the old one |
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> works again. |
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> I've asked here about it multiple times and get the answers |
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> - "I don't have a problem" |
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> - "just change the server" |
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> - "keep trying" |
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> It can take several hours before it finally works |
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> It seems like a time-out problem. Or maybe a memory problem ... In any |
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> case, it doesn't seem like it ought to be difficult to at least know |
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> what the problem is. |
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> Or? |
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This wiki page and mirrorselect may help. |
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https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Mirrorselect |
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I think this is the command I use to get the best server to sync with. |
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You may want to make a backup of make.conf first, just in case. |
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mirrorselect -D -s4 |
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One of those should help some unless you have a internet connection |
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problem. If you have problems with multiple servers, it could be a |
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connection problem and you may figure that out. It tests by downloading |
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a file. If it fails on most or all servers, connection problem. If it |
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works on most, just a bad server(s) most likely. |
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Hope that helps. |
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Dale |
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:-) :-) |
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