Got that problem too. My solution for that kind of problem is layman -d … layman -a … and everything usually is back to normal.
> On 15/01/2018, at 23:29, [email protected] wrote: > > Hello *, > > For a couple of days I cannot sync the overlay: > > dns ~ # layman -s science > > * Fetching remote list... > * Fetch Ok > > * Syncing selected overlay(s)... > * Running Git... # ( cd /var/lib/layman/science && /usr/bin/git pull ) > Warning: untrusted X11 forwarding setup failed: xauth key data not generated > error: cannot lock ref 'refs/remotes/origin/jlec/scilab': > 'refs/remotes/origin/jlec' exists; cannot create > 'refs/remotes/origin/jlec/scilab' > From git+ssh://git.gentoo.org/proj/sci > ! [new branch] jlec/scilab -> origin/jlec/scilab (unable to update > local ref) > * Failure result returned from Git > * > * Errors: > * ------ > * Failed to sync overlay "science". > * Error was: Syncing overlay "science" returned status 1! > * db.sync() > * > > * CLI: Errors occurred processing action sync > * > * Errors: > * ------ > * Failed to sync overlay "science". > * Error was: Syncing overlay "science" returned status 1! > * db.sync() > > What has changed? > > Andrey >
