On Mon, 8 May 2006 10:50:59 -0300 "Daniel da Veiga" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote the words:
> On 5/7/06, Adrian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Greetings. I'm trying to set up a new Gentoo box. > > > > I downloaded the latest portage snapshot, untared it and ran > > > > emerge regen > > > > you mean emerge --metadata don't you?! because that's all you need > after a snapshot update. First i did regen. After reading the man page again I found --metadata and tried that. I didn't help at all. I may simply try again to see if it makes any difference. I have a few other things to try first. > > now everything I try to emerge I get: > > > > Security Violation: A file exists that is not in the manifest > > > > That's caused because newer versions of emerge use a feature called > "strict" that checks the manifest and files comparing them (using md5, > if I'm not mistaken). You can: > > 1) bypass this by using FEATURES="-strict" on make.conf. > 2) emerge-webrsync && emerge --metadata > > Both of them work for me, but I strongly suggest the second because > strict is a good feature. I see. Thanks for explaining, and telling me how to bypass it. > > From doing a google, it looks like i need to run > > > > emerge sync > > > > in order to fix this. However, if I could sync then I wouldn't be > > doing this. Everytime I try to sync it times out and I never > > finish. I'm on dial-up, so it's a bit slow. I am trying to install > > emerge-delta-webrsync and try from there, but of course, I can't > > emerge anything . . . > > download the mirrorselect tool and choose another server for rsync, > then update (or use it to update with output redirection) your > make.conf and be happy. > > If you REALLY need anything installed, even in order to fix your > portage or anything like that, use the "-strict" option to do whatever > it takes to put your portage back in order, then REMOVE THE "-strict" > option and try again till it works (you can upgrade portage, python, > etc). I used "-strict" to install emerge-delta-webrsync and mirrorselect and update rsync. After that I still get timeout problems with emerge sync and emerge-delta-webrsync has been unsuccessful so far. Thank you for your help, I'll be back when I know & have tired more. Adrian -- On The Fly Photography -:- Creation From Chaos On The Fly Photography: http://204EastSouth.com Purchase from On The Fly: http://204EastSouth.com/OTFStore.htm The Cynical Libertarian Society: http://www.204EastSouth.com/cls -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
