On Thu, Feb 28, 2019 at 10:41 AM Peter Humphrey <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Thursday, 28 February 2019 08:43:13 GMT Davyd McColl wrote: > > > Well, that's pretty-much how git works -- that local repo was still pointing > > to the old remote. Updating your repos.conf won't change that as the old > > remote is stored in config in the .git folder. > > OK. It'd be helpful if the handbook said that, or somewhere else in the docs. > Without that, the clear impression is that repos.conf is the place to specify > the remote source.
If you're going to migrate it in-place you really should set it in both places. Otherwise you'll end up with a surprise if you remove /usr/portage. In general it is usually simplest to just remove /usr/portage anytime you change the sync settings. At least until portage gets smarter about it. -- Rich
