Dale <rdalek1...@gmail.com> [17-01-29 07:56]: > meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: > > Hi, > > > > To switch from rsync to git I am following the steps described here > > https://www.reddit.com/r/Gentoo/comments/3i141w/now_that_portage_is_using_git_how_do_i_git_pull/ > > > > The last step I did was "mv /usr/portage /usr/portage.old ; emerge > > sync" and I got: > > > > solfire:/usr>emerge --sync > >>>> Syncing repository 'gentoo' into '/usr/portage'... > > !!! sync-uri is invalid: https://github.com/gentoo-mirror/gentoo.git > > > > As fas as I know, this is the uri Joost uses... > > > > Hmmm....why does portage thinks, this uri is wrong? > > (...and how can I fix it?) > > > > Cheers > > Meino > > > > > > May want to look at this link. > > https://wiki.gentoo.org/index.php?title=/etc/portage/repos.conf/gentoo.conf&oldid=378294 > > > Maybe that will give better results, not that I see anything wrong with > what you have myself. BTW, I did a forum search, make sure you don't > have other files in /etc/portage/repos.conf. It seems that if you have > more than one, it takes the last one and runs with it. Someone else had > gentoo.conf.bak and it was reading it instead of gentoo.conf. It sort > of works like package.use and such. Make sense? I'm beat over here. lol > > Hope that helps. > > Dale > > :-) :-) >
Hi Dale, thanks for your very helpful reply! :) Not to have *.bak and such under.../repos.conf/... does the trick. Would be nice, if emerge would only read files *.conf instead of everything... Have a nice weekend! :) Cheers Meino
