On Tue, Oct 12, 2021 at 9:22 PM Grant Edwards <[email protected]> wrote: > > On 2021-10-13, Rich Freeman <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Profile selection is implemented as a symlink from > > /etc/portage/make.profile. If you move your repository, then you need > > to re-select the profile since the symlink will be broken. > > Indeed. And the failure that produces is not at all graceful. > > I spent a little time trying to figure out where in the Wiki or docs > that the rsync -> git migration steps should be documented, but I > didn't find anyplace that looked like the right home for that info. >
Moving from rsync to git probably doesn't require re-selecting the profile. However, if you move the path of the repository itself then that would require re-selecting the profile regardless of whether the method of syncing is changed. I got the impression from your email that you moved the repository when you switched. If you ONLY renamed the old one but kept the same exact path, then after it pulled the new repo the profile should have remained working as far as I am aware. If I'm understanding the situation, then the correct place to put this in the wiki is in any section pertaining to moving the repository (such as to /var/db or whatever). It wouldn't hurt to make a note in any instructions for switching to git to be aware of the requirement if the opportunity is taken to move the repository at the same time. It is a pretty logical time to do this. The error messages may very well have been misleading though. Portage is a bit infamous for misleading error messages. -- Rich
