On Sun, 12 Jan 2020 23:41:43 +0100, n952162 wrote: > > 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. Two hours? How slow is your connection? > Same result. But I didn't delete "the whole portage tree". What does > that mean? > > rm -rf /var/db/repos? If you're using the new default location, I think it is /var/db/repos/gentoo, but someone should confirm that. > or: > > rm -rf /var/db/pkg? No, that's the database of installed packages, don't mess with it. > 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. No idea, but something went wrong on one sync and I was stuck with this directory. Deleting it was no help, but deleting the whole tree fixed it. It did slow down sync times, but not the the extent you have. -- Neil Bothwick WinErr 00B: Inadequate disk space - Free at least 50MB
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