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From: Michael <confabulate@××××××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] [SOLVED] rsync local mirror question
Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2022 16:42:39
Message-Id: 22857103.6Emhk5qWAg@lenovo.localdomain
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] [SOLVED] rsync local mirror question by Walter Dnes
1 On Wednesday, 26 October 2022 16:48:29 BST Walter Dnes wrote:
2 > On Tue, Oct 25, 2022 at 11:07:14PM +0100, Michael wrote
3 >
4 > > No, you shouldn't have to do any such thing. Just make sure you
5 > > have set up in your '/etc/portage/repos.conf/gentoo.conf' the correct
6 >
7 > > rsync mirror and commented out the server on the Internet; e.g.:
8 > OK, I tried it on my other used Lenovo laptop (thimk2) and it works.
9 > But "inquiring minds want to know"...
10 >
11 > * In your instructions '/etc/portage/repos.conf/gentoo.conf' is the file
12 > to change sync-uri in (and it works).
13 >
14 > * In https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Local_Mirror the file to change is
15 > given as /etc/portage/repos.conf/gentoo-mirror.conf There is no such
16 > file on my system. Should I file a documentation bug?
17
18 Yes, I think it should be updated. This wiki page states what's currently the
19 convention:
20
21 https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Handbook:AMD64/Portage/
22 Files#Gentoo_ebuild_repository
23
24 However, *.conf files can be nested and portage will parse them all the same.

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Re: [gentoo-user] [SOLVED] rsync local mirror question Walter Dnes <waltdnes@××××××××.org>