On Tuesday, 14 January 2020 18:36:23 GMT n952...@web.de wrote: > I guess you're referring to this: > > "The use of emerge-webrsync is recommended for those who are behind > restrictive firewalls (because it uses HTTP/FTP protocols for downloading > the snapshot) and saves network bandwidth. Readers who have no network or > bandwidth restrictions can happily skip down to the next section." > > Indeed that was a sub-theme of my question (although I oversaw that > "emerge-" was indeed part of the command): could that have an impact on my > problem? I'm not behind a firewall and have no bandwidth restrictions > (DSL). It's a bad state when you start having to do things which are > nominally not relevant, because you don't have anything else to lose (but > time). That's called "grasping at straws"
Why don't you just try it? What could you lose? "When all else fails, read the instructions." -- Regards, Peter.