On Sat, Apr 25, 2015 at 6:49 PM, Mick <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Saturday 25 Apr 2015 14:07:38 Alexander Kapshuk wrote: > > On Sat, Apr 25, 2015 at 3:46 PM, Mick <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On Saturday 25 Apr 2015 12:58:39 Alexander Kapshuk wrote: > > > > On Sat, Apr 25, 2015 at 1:19 PM, Mick <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > > I recall reading "New portage plug-in sync system" in eselect news, > > > > > but it doesn't mention creating such files manually: > > > > > > > > > > "Migration: > > > > > Edit /etc/portage/repos.conf/*.conf files, add the auto-sync > > > > > option to each repository definition." > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > Regards, > > > > > Mick > > > > > > > > The setting referred to in the message above is the SYNC variable > > > > defined in /etc/portage/make.conf. > > > > > > > > With the sync url now defined in /etc/portage/repos.conf/gentoo.conf, > > > > you either want to comment out the line in /etc/portage/make.conf > > > > where SYNC > > > > > > is > > > > > > > defined, or get rid of it all together. For the time being, I chose > the > > > > former. > > > > > > > > grep uri /etc/portage/repos.conf/gentoo.conf > > > > sync-uri = rsync://rsync.uk.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage > > > > % grep SYNC /etc/portage/make.conf > > > > #SYNC="rsync://rsync.uk.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" > > > > > > Thanks Alexander, I will be adding the sync-uri line in > > > /etc/portage/repos.conf/gentoo.conf once I know for sure if I should be > > > creating this file myself, or if portage ought to have created and for > > > some reason hasn't. > > > > > > On another box of mine the file exists, but I can't recall if I created > > > it myself or portage did it for me. :-/ > > > > > > -- > > > Regards, > > > Mick > > > > The portage news item makes a reference to the wiki article on the > subject > > matter: > > eselect news read 21 | grep wiki > > Please see the wiki page url [1] for detailed instructions. > > examples see the wiki page listed below [1]. > > [1] https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Project:Portage/Sync > > > > The 'Migration' section states that: > > If /etc/portage/repos.conf does not exist: > > root # mkdir /etc/portage/repos.conf > > root # cp /usr/share/portage/config/repos.conf > > /etc/portage/repos.conf/gentoo.conf > > > > Which is what I did on one of my systems, while on the other, > > '/etc/portage/repos.conf/gentoo.conf' seems to have come into being > without > > any interference on my part, so to speak. > > Ahh! Well spotted. Thank you Alexander. The mystery as to why some > systems > were converted and others require manual intervention remains ... > > -- > Regards, > Mick > No worries. There is bound to be some one on this list who will shed light on this mystery.
