On 2020-01-12 23:07, Neil Bothwick wrote:
On Sun, 12 Jan 2020 21:51:28 +0100, n952162 wrote:While installing gentoo from scratch, after doing a "emerge --sync", the command: eselect profile list fails because it can't get any profiles, and I see that the 17.1 profile is in a .tmp-unverified-download-quarantine. 1. what do I have to do to get this going again? 2. how did I end up in this situation? Is this a known bug. I simply followed the handbook.I had a similar issue with the .tmp-unverified-download-quarantine continually appearing, deleting it made no difference. In the end I deleted the whole portage tree and resynced, then the problem disappeared. This may or may not have a bearing on your profile issue, but it's worth fixing first.
I just finished running "emerge --sync" again, based on something I saw on the internet - it did the whole thing again, takes about 2 hours. Same result. But I didn't delete "the whole portage tree". What does that mean? rm -rf /var/db/repos? or: rm -rf /var/db/pkg? And why should it work? Is it not rather something broken in the upstream repository? Or the 20200108 minimum cd image I'm using? It's otherwise a naked machine.
