Re: [gentoo-user] Emerge --sync source
On Thu, Feb 28, 2019 at 10:41 AM Peter Humphrey wrote: > > On Thursday, 28 February 2019 08:43:13 GMT Davyd McColl wrote: > > > Well, that's pretty-much how git works -- that local repo was still pointing > > to the old remote. Updating your repos.conf won't change that as the old > > remote is stored in config in the .git folder. > > OK. It'd be helpful if the handbook said that, or somewhere else in the docs. > Without that, the clear impression is that repos.conf is the place to specify > the remote source. If you're going to migrate it in-place you really should set it in both places. Otherwise you'll end up with a surprise if you remove /usr/portage. In general it is usually simplest to just remove /usr/portage anytime you change the sync settings. At least until portage gets smarter about it. -- Rich
Re: [gentoo-user] Emerge --sync source
On Thursday, 28 February 2019 08:43:13 GMT Davyd McColl wrote: > > On 2019/02/28 10:36:35, Peter Humphrey wrote: > > I have a little server box on my LAN, which I use as a git server. I'm > > having a bit of trouble with it pro tem so I decided to switch the git > > sync source on this box. > > > > I removed the entry pointing to the local server in repos.conf/gentoo.conf > > and put in 'sync-uri = https://github.com/gentoo-mirror/gentoo.git' > > > > Emerge --sync still insisted on going to the local server, which was not > > there so it stopped. > > > > I had to remove /usr/portage/.git before the repos.conf/gentoo.conf entry > > was respected. And that meant stripping out the whole of /usr/portage and > > fetching the whole lot again. > Well, that's pretty-much how git works -- that local repo was still pointing > to the old remote. Updating your repos.conf won't change that as the old > remote is stored in config in the .git folder. OK. It'd be helpful if the handbook said that, or somewhere else in the docs. Without that, the clear impression is that repos.conf is the place to specify the remote source. > However, if you need to to this again, you could: 1) change repos.conf (in > case you ever wipe out /usr/portage again -- the url there is only used for > initial clone) 1) in /usr/portage, run `git remote set-url origin ` > -- this informs git of the change, and your next fetch should work as > expected. Useful tip - thanks. > I guess emerge could check this and set it for the user, but currently, it > apparently doesn't. Good idea. I hope a suitable developer is listening... -- Regards, Peter.
Re: [gentoo-user] Emerge --sync source
I filed a bug report https://bugs.gentoo.org/679040. Yes, currently you need to update your git config manually everytime you change your git remote.
Re: [gentoo-user] Emerge --sync source
On 2019/02/28 10:36:35, Peter Humphrey wrote: Hello list, I have a little server box on my LAN, which I use as a git server. I'm having a bit of trouble with it pro tem so I decided to switch the git sync source on this box. I removed the entry pointing to the local server in repos.conf/gentoo.conf and put in 'sync-uri = https://github.com/gentoo-mirror/gentoo.git' Emerge --sync still insisted on going to the local server, which was not there so it stopped. I had to remove /usr/portage/.git before the repos.conf/gentoo.conf entry was respected. And that meant stripping out the whole of /usr/portage and fetching the whole lot again. Well, that's pretty-much how git works -- that local repo was still pointing to the old remote. Updating your repos.conf won't change that as the old remote is stored in config in the .git folder. However, if you need to to this again, you could: 1) change repos.conf (in case you ever wipe out /usr/portage again -- the url there is only used for initial clone) 1) in /usr/portage, run `git remote set-url origin ` -- this informs git of the change, and your next fetch should work as expected. I guess emerge could check this and set it for the user, but currently, it apparently doesn't. Is this expected behaviour? -- Regards, Peter.
[gentoo-user] Emerge --sync source
Hello list, I have a little server box on my LAN, which I use as a git server. I'm having a bit of trouble with it pro tem so I decided to switch the git sync source on this box. I removed the entry pointing to the local server in repos.conf/gentoo.conf and put in 'sync-uri = https://github.com/gentoo-mirror/gentoo.git' Emerge --sync still insisted on going to the local server, which was not there so it stopped. I had to remove /usr/portage/.git before the repos.conf/gentoo.conf entry was respected. And that meant stripping out the whole of /usr/portage and fetching the whole lot again. Is this expected behaviour? -- Regards, Peter.
