> -----Original Message----- > From: Zac Medico [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > The problem is that portage-2.1.2.2 will automatically exclude the > digest files during sync. In order to make the sync compatible with > portage-2.0.x, you can override the PORTAGE_RSYNC_OPTS variable > that's defined in /etc/make.globals. You do that by redefining it > in /etc/make.conf. Copy the value from make.globals and remove the > - --filter=H_**/files/digest-* option. After you've removed that > option, the digest files will reappear the next time that you sync. > > Note that after you upgrade from portage-2.0.x to portage-2.1.x, you > need to run `emerge --metadata`. > > Zac
Here it is what I did for the record. On my local rsync server I set PORTAGE_RSYNC_OPTS in /etc/make.conf as in /etc/make.globals but removed --filter=... Then, still on my local rsync server I did an emerge --sync so the digest files are pulled in. I also did an update of system and world. BTW here are two warnings obtained (ignored for now) --- Invalid atom in /usr/portage/profiles/package.mask: =media-video/ffmpeg-0.4.9-p20070325 !!! A file listed in the Manifest could not be found: /usr/portage/net-fs/nfs-utils/files/nfs.confd.old !!! Fetch for /usr/portage/net-fs/nfs-utils/nfs-utils-1.0.12.ebuild failed, continuing... Now on my other boxes I proceeded with an emerge --sync to sync the portage tree with the local rsync server. A new portage version was available, then I issued an emerge portage. At the end of the emerge, the cache was updated on its own. Nevertheless I did do emerge --metadata. Is this the right time to do this? Should the information you sent be included in the rsync documentation? In the handbook http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-x86.xml?part=3&chap=2 the section on "PORTAGE_RSYNC_OPTS sets a number of default variables used during sync, each space-separated. These shouldn't be changed unless you know exactly what you're doing. Note that certain absolutely required options will always be used even if PORTAGE_RSYNC_OPTS is empty" does not welcome users to explore rsync. Thanks for your help. -- Valmor -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list