> But isn't > > emerge --sync > > a different command from the more traditional > > emerge sync > > ?
In An Intro to Portage it's emerge --sync and if that fails, emerge-websync but that failed too. > 1) What is the speed of your Internet connection? Slightly faster than I can type ;( > 2) What is your geographical location? SW Canada > 3) What mirrors are you setting in /etc/make.conf? > ? All I got is PORTDIR=/usr/portage > 10 minutes: After 4 hrs it quit. A list of /usr/portage revealed no changes. But this morning after entering emerge --sync I note the tree *is* being updated. > > receiving file list ... > 1 file to consider > timestamp.chk > 32 100% 0.00kB/s 0:00:00 > > Number of files: 1 > Number of files transferred: 1 > Total file size: 32 bytes > Total transferred file size: 32 bytes > Literal data: 32 bytes > Matched data: 0 bytes > File list size: 32 > Total bytes written: 222 > Total bytes read: 948 > > wrote 222 bytes read 948 bytes 780.00 bytes/sec > total size is 32 speedup is 0.03 > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > .*. > / University of Trieste \ /V\ > / Department of Physics \ (/ \) > / Trieste, Italy \ ( ) > ^^_^^ > > Welcome to rsync1.it.gentoo.org > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > Intel Pentium IV 3.06Ghz > 2GB Ram, IBM xSeries 205 > > max simultaneous connections : 10 > max daily connections : 5 per IP address > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > For any communication about this mirror please > contact > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > > receiving file list ... > 117192 files to consider > ./ > app-accessibility/gnopernicus/ > app-admin/ > app-admin/logrotate/ > app-admin/modlogan/files/ > app-admin/superadduser/files/ > app-admin/sus/ > > <snip bulk of sync operation> > > deleting app-cdr/cdrtools/cdrtools-2.01-r2.ebuild > deleting app-arch/dpkg/files/digest-dpkg-1.10.26 > deleting app-arch/dpkg/dpkg-1.10.26.ebuild > > Number of files: 117192 > Number of files transferred: 1671 > Total file size: 92305590 bytes > Total transferred file size: 3745266 bytes > Literal data: 3745266 bytes > Matched data: 0 bytes > File list size: 2594553 > Total bytes written: 33600 > Total bytes read: 4157651 > > wrote 33600 bytes read 4157651 bytes 19270.12 > bytes/sec > total size is 92305590 speedup is 22.02 This is similar to what I see followed by millions of lines like this: /(something)/(something)/(something) some-number 100% 0.00 kB/s 0:00:00 Yesterday it quit with the message, error in rsync port datastream(code 12) at io.c(201,189). __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list