> Forgive my ignorance, but what is RSYNC? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rsync basically, portage use rsync to update the information on packages (ebuilds) in /usr/portage (with emerge --sync)
> If anything, this is a indicator that I need to try and contribute to > the portage project... at least contribute as much as I'm able. you should try the ~x86 version of portage which has many improvements: $ echo "sys-apps/portage ~x86" >> /etc/portage/package.use $ emerge portage you should also know that there is an alternative package manager which will maybe replace portage in the future: paludis. It is still in early development so use it at your own risk. http://paludis.berlios.de/ you can find more info on portage on the new gentoo development guide: http://devmanual.gentoo.org/ -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
