On Thu, 15 Oct 2020, Walter Dnes wrote: > Date: Thu, 15 Oct 2020 14:00:36 > From: Walter Dnes <waltd...@waltdnes.org> > Reply-To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org > To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org > Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: tried desktop profile > > On Thu, Oct 15, 2020 at 01:28:52PM -0400, Jude DaShiell wrote > > > I just found out efi variables are not available on my new system. > > portage is also upset. > > !!! Repository 'x-portage is missing masters attribute in > > '/usr/local/portage/metadata/layout.conf' > > !!! !!! Set 'masters = gentoo' in this file for future compatibility > > > > I don't know what to do to clear this error. > > My /usr/local/portage/metadata/layout.conf is 2 lines... > > masters = gentoo > auto-sync = false > > From https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki//etc/portage/repos.conf > > "auto-sync = false" > > ...means that your local repo does not sync when you run "emerge > --sync". This means if you have a local repo, you manually control when > it syncs. BTW, what would this have to do with efi variables? > The portage problem only came up close to when I found out the machine hasn't got efi-variables. >
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