--- emerge-delta-webrsync	2006-03-20 16:01:00.424509000 -0800
+++ emerge-delta-webrsync	2006-03-20 16:01:10.049110500 -0800
@@ -218,7 +218,7 @@
 		rm -rf portage
 	fi
 	echo "transferring metadata/cache"
-	emerge metadata
+	emerge --metadata
 }
 
 fetch_from_mirrors() {