On Tue, 31 May 2005 15:33:54 +0200, Holly Bostick wrote: > But isn't > > emerge --sync > > a different command from the more traditional > > emerge sync
The emerge man page only show "emerge --sync" now, but its description exactly fits the action of "emerge sync". They would appear to be the same, but I'd guess "emerge sync" is deprecated. > I know I have a pretty fast connection (8000/1024), but even on dialup, > I can't see an hour or more being in any way normal, unless: > > 1) you have connection problems (firewall?) > > 2) you are conneting to a server with connection problems (server is > naturally slow, node between you and server experiencing problems) > > 3) 1 + 2 combined > > 4) you're syncing the entire mirror (as if you were a mirror yourself), > rather than just the tree. Another couple of possibilities are that he has not synced for a long time or that the partition containing the portage tree is almost full and heavily fragmented, which would slow down both the rsync scan and the cache update. > Please correct me if I'm wrong, but I think there is something wrong > with your setup in some respect for an emerge sync to be taking that > long. Something is definitely amiss. -- Neil Bothwick Obscenity is the crutch of inarticulate motherfuckers.
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