Re: [gentoo-user] /usr/portage/distfiles vs /var/cache/distfiles

2020-01-14 Thread Paul B. Henson
On Tue, Jan 14, 2020 at 06:33:58PM -0500, Andrew Udvare wrote: > The first machine is on a 17.1 profile, and migration was relatively > simple, and worked. I did it based on this post: > > https://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-p-8373904.html?sid=5c30f451df89c01a6bbe0a8dadd77c36#8373904 I'm

Re: [gentoo-user] /usr/portage/distfiles vs /var/cache/distfiles

2020-01-14 Thread Paul B. Henson
On Tue, Jan 14, 2020 at 05:48:40PM -0500, Mike Gilbert wrote: > The portage ebuild has some code that automatically patches > /usr/share/portage/config/make.globals for existing installs. You can > update the setting there. Ah, I didn't look there in my search :). Cool, thanks much for the

Re: [gentoo-user] /usr/portage/distfiles vs /var/cache/distfiles

2020-01-14 Thread Andrew Udvare
On 14/01/2020 17:05, Paul B. Henson wrote: > I recently installed a new server, and noticed that it is using > /var/cache/distfiles rather than /usr/portage/distfiles. looking at the > documentation, it seems that is the new default, and it says "new > installations" will use it. I have older

Re: [gentoo-user] Thunderbird Datepicker

2020-01-14 Thread Nicolai Beuermann
Am 14.01.20 um 13:15 schrieb Jens Pelzetter: since some weeks ago I have a problem with Thunderbird/Lightning. In the dialogs for tasks or events I can't input or change dialog. Clicking on the buttons to show the calendar does nothing. If I try the edit an using the keyboard the date it reset

Re: [gentoo-user] /usr/portage/distfiles vs /var/cache/distfiles

2020-01-14 Thread Mike Gilbert
On Tue, Jan 14, 2020 at 5:05 PM Paul B. Henson wrote: > > I recently installed a new server, and noticed that it is using > /var/cache/distfiles rather than /usr/portage/distfiles. looking at the > documentation, it seems that is the new default, and it says "new > installations" will use it. I

[gentoo-user] /usr/portage/distfiles vs /var/cache/distfiles

2020-01-14 Thread Paul B. Henson
I recently installed a new server, and noticed that it is using /var/cache/distfiles rather than /usr/portage/distfiles. looking at the documentation, it seems that is the new default, and it says "new installations" will use it. I have older servers which are still using

[gentoo-user] Re: WTF is up with mysqld?

2020-01-14 Thread Ian Zimmerman
On 2020-01-13 11:09, Alan Grimes wrote: > mysqld goes into infinite hang when I try to boot my damn manchine. Missing entropy? Try installing haveged. -- Please don't Cc: me privately on mailing lists and Usenet, if you also post the followup to the list or newsgroup. To reply privately

Re: [gentoo-user] .tmp-unverified-download-quarantine

2020-01-14 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Tue, 14 Jan 2020 15:47:51 +, Peter Humphrey wrote: > > sent 2.71M bytes received 218.79M bytes 56.02K bytes/sec > > HOW long?! 56KB/s shows something going badly wrong. This sounds like it could be a network problem. Have you used mirrorselect? > > total size is 208.96M speedup is

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Bouncing messages from gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org

2020-01-14 Thread Mick
On Tuesday, 14 January 2020 13:39:57 GMT you wrote: > On 1/13/20 5:24 PM, (Nuno Silva) wrote: > > On 2020-01-13, james wrote: > >> On 1/13/20 11:32 AM, gentoo-user+ow...@lists.gentoo.org wrote: > >>> Some messages to you could not be delivered. If you're seeing this > >>> message it means things

Fw: Re: [gentoo-user] .tmp-unverified-download-quarantine

2020-01-14 Thread n952162
I guess you're referring to this: "The use of emerge-webrsync is recommended for those who are behind restrictive firewalls (because it uses HTTP/FTP protocols for downloading the snapshot) and saves network bandwidth. Readers who have no network or bandwidth restrictions can happily skip down

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Bouncing messages from gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org

2020-01-14 Thread james
On 1/13/20 5:24 PM, (Nuno Silva) wrote: On 2020-01-13, james wrote: On 1/13/20 11:32 AM, gentoo-user+ow...@lists.gentoo.org wrote: Some messages to you could not be delivered. If you're seeing this message it means things are back to normal, and it's merely for your information. Here is the

Re: [gentoo-user] .tmp-unverified-download-quarantine

2020-01-14 Thread Peter Humphrey
On Tuesday, 14 January 2020 11:07:34 GMT n952162 wrote: > On 2020-01-14 11:10, Peter Humphrey wrote: --->8 > >> This is a fresh install from a minimal cd image. I'm starting out with > >> mkfs. I've tried that 3 times, twice using a stage 3 from 2020/01/08 > >> and once using a stage 3 from

Re: [gentoo-user] .tmp-unverified-download-quarantine

2020-01-14 Thread Dale
n952162 wrote: > On 2020-01-14 11:10, Peter Humphrey wrote: >> On Tuesday, 14 January 2020 09:37:24 GMT n952162 wrote: >>> On 2020-01-14 09:44, Neil Bothwick wrote: On Tue, 14 Jan 2020 09:04:13 +0100, n952162 wrote: > It sounds to me like the repository is broken - having ownership >

[gentoo-user] Thunderbird Datepicker

2020-01-14 Thread Jens Pelzetter
Hello everyone, since some weeks ago I have a problem with Thunderbird/Lightning. In the dialogs for tasks or events I can't input or change dialog. Clicking on the buttons to show the calendar does nothing. If I try the edit an using the keyboard the date it reset to the previous value once the

Re: [gentoo-user] .tmp-unverified-download-quarantine

2020-01-14 Thread n952162
On 2020-01-14 11:10, Peter Humphrey wrote: On Tuesday, 14 January 2020 09:37:24 GMT n952162 wrote: On 2020-01-14 09:44, Neil Bothwick wrote: On Tue, 14 Jan 2020 09:04:13 +0100, n952162 wrote: It sounds to me like the repository is broken - having ownership as root seems to be slightly more

Re: [gentoo-user] .tmp-unverified-download-quarantine

2020-01-14 Thread Peter Humphrey
On Tuesday, 14 January 2020 09:37:24 GMT n952162 wrote: > On 2020-01-14 09:44, Neil Bothwick wrote: > > On Tue, 14 Jan 2020 09:04:13 +0100, n952162 wrote: > >> It sounds to me like the repository is broken - having ownership as root > >> seems to be slightly more entropy than portage and could

Re: [gentoo-user] .tmp-unverified-download-quarantine

2020-01-14 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Tue, 14 Jan 2020 10:37:24 +0100, n952162 wrote: > > Have you tried completely removing your portage tree and reinstating > > it with webrsync? > I've always used emerge --sync rather than webrsync because I always > like to use the smallest hammer possible.  But if you say I should use >

Re: [gentoo-user] .tmp-unverified-download-quarantine

2020-01-14 Thread n952162
On 2020-01-14 09:44, Neil Bothwick wrote: On Tue, 14 Jan 2020 09:04:13 +0100, n952162 wrote: It sounds to me like the repository is broken - having ownership as root seems to be slightly more entropy than portage and could have happened as a unintended consequence of some uncarefully completed

Re: [gentoo-user] .tmp-unverified-download-quarantine

2020-01-14 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Tue, 14 Jan 2020 09:04:13 +0100, n952162 wrote: > It sounds to me like the repository is broken - having ownership as root > seems to be slightly more entropy than portage and could have happened > as a unintended consequence of some uncarefully completed operation. If the repository was

Re: [gentoo-user] .tmp-unverified-download-quarantine

2020-01-14 Thread n952162
On 2020-01-14 00:16, Mick wrote: On Monday, 13 January 2020 22:40:14 GMT Neil Bothwick wrote: On Mon, 13 Jan 2020 11:15:31 +, Mick wrote: According to my emerge --info output I have sandbox, usersandbox and userpriv, all set. The owner of my portage directory and all files therein is

Re: [gentoo-user] .tmp-unverified-download-quarantine

2020-01-14 Thread n952162
On 2020-01-13 23:42, Neil Bothwick wrote: On Mon, 13 Jan 2020 12:37:11 +0100, n952162 wrote: The portage tree is sync'ed to the portage tree mirrors. A newer fs snapshot won't include the tree itself, but it will include the new default fs locations for the portage directory. Not sure what