commit: 793f55a973790885834aba0e183f5e3a41654ebe Author: Zac Medico <zmedico <AT> gentoo <DOT> org> AuthorDate: Sat Mar 10 21:02:18 2018 +0000 Commit: Zac Medico <zmedico <AT> gentoo <DOT> org> CommitDate: Sat Mar 10 23:10:25 2018 +0000 URL: https://gitweb.gentoo.org/data/gentoo-news.git/commit/?id=793f55a9
2018-03-13-portage-rsync-verification-unstable: Add Bug: https://bugs.gentoo.org/650072 ...3-13-portage-rsync-verification-unstable.en.txt | 46 ++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 46 insertions(+) diff --git a/2018-03-13-portage-rsync-verification-unstable/2018-03-13-portage-rsync-verification-unstable.en.txt b/2018-03-13-portage-rsync-verification-unstable/2018-03-13-portage-rsync-verification-unstable.en.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..9f96f27 --- /dev/null +++ b/2018-03-13-portage-rsync-verification-unstable/2018-03-13-portage-rsync-verification-unstable.en.txt @@ -0,0 +1,46 @@ +Title: Portage rsync tree verification unstable +Author: Zac Medico <zmed...@gentoo.org> +Posted: 2018-03-13 +Revision: 1 +News-Item-Format: 2.0 +Display-If-Installed: sys-apps/portage + +Portage rsync tree verification is being temporarily turned off by +default, starting with sys-apps/portage-2.3.24. This permits +stabilization of sys-apps/portage-2.3.24 while still working on bugs +relating to tree verification [1]: deadlocks [2] & key fetching [3]. + +If users wish to enable the 'rsync-verify' USE flag for sys-apps/portage, +they need to follow these steps: + +1) In order to unmask the 'rsync-verify' USE flag, create a file named +/etc/portage/profile/package.use.mask containing a line like the +following: + + sys-apps/portage -rsync-verify + +2) Once the 'rsync-verify' USE flag has been unmasked as described +in step 1, it can be enabled with a line like the following in +/etc/portage/package.use: + + sys-apps/portage rsync-verify + +3) After the configuration changes in steps 1 and 2 have been made, run +the following command: + + emerge --oneshot --newuse '>=sys-apps/portage-2.3.24' + +After all above steps are successfully completed, a line like the +following should appear in the emerge --info output for the gentoo +repository: + + sync-rsync-verify-metamanifest: yes + +If you wish to disable it for some reason, you can set +'sync-rsync-verify-metamanifest = no' in your repos.conf. + +[1] https://bugs.gentoo.org/650144 sys-apps/portage: [TRACKER] issues + related to 'rsync-verify' USE flag +[2] https://bugs.gentoo.org/647964 app-portage/gemato-11.2: deadlock? +[3] https://bugs.gentoo.org/649276 sys-apps/portage: gpg key refresh + needs exponential backoff with jitter
