Joshua Kinard wrote: > This might already be covered in one of the other e-mail threads, but I've > been > super-busy as of late and just recently ran 'emerge --sync' on my main dev box > for the first time after the git migration. I just synced my main dev box > again, ~10 hours after the last sync, but it looks like the 'Manifest' files > for *every* package in the tree are getting downloaded with each sync. > > I compared two Manifest files from a given package that shouldn't have changed > in the last 10 hours (sys-kernel/mips-sources), and there is nothing different > timestamp wise or content wise between then. So I'm not sure what's causing > 'emerge --sync' to re-fetch the whole file. > > Has anyone else noticed this and/or have a workaround? It's causing some > excessive disk thrashing, and what used to be a few seconds to sync is now > taking 5-10mins or more (depending on which machine I'm syncing). >
I have synced a few times since the change and each time, it takes a lot longer to sync. You are not the only one that has noticed this. No clue as to why or how to fix tho. Dale :-) :-)
