n952162 wrote: > I've been running gentoo for years now, and every time I go to --sync, > it's really a painful process. > > The process can take *very* before you find out if it succeeded or not. > > I try different repos.conf servers - one works for a while, then > doesn't, then later, the new one doesn't work anymore and the old one > works again. > > I've asked here about it multiple times and get the answers > > - "I don't have a problem" > > - "just change the server" > > - "keep trying" > > It can take several hours before it finally works > > It seems like a time-out problem. Or maybe a memory problem ... In any > case, it doesn't seem like it ought to be difficult to at least know > what the problem is. > > Or? > > >
This wiki page and mirrorselect may help. https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Mirrorselect I think this is the command I use to get the best server to sync with. You may want to make a backup of make.conf first, just in case. mirrorselect -D -s4 One of those should help some unless you have a internet connection problem. If you have problems with multiple servers, it could be a connection problem and you may figure that out. It tests by downloading a file. If it fails on most or all servers, connection problem. If it works on most, just a bad server(s) most likely. Hope that helps. Dale :-) :-)
