sys-apps/portage-2.1.2.2 misses a dependency on a sufficiently recent net-misc/rsync. Proposed solution: update sys-apps/portage-2.1.2.2 dependency Proposed workaround: emerge -av rsync Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. emerge --sync 2. 3. Actual Results: ~ # emerge --sync >>> Starting rsync with rsync://140.105.134.102/gentoo-portage... >>> Checking server timestamp ... rsync: --filter=H_**/files/digest-*: unknown option rsync error: syntax or usage error (code 1) at main.c(1013) !!! Rsync has reported that there is a syntax error. Please ensure !!! that your SYNC statement is proper. !!! SYNC=rsync://rsync.europe.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage Expected Results: emerge --sync shall proceed normally. ~ # emerge -pv rsync These are the packages that would be merged, in order: Calculating dependencies... done! [ebuild U ] net-misc/rsync-2.6.9-r1 [2.6.0-r5] USE="acl ipv6%* -static -xinetd% (-build%) (-debug%) (-livecd%)" 793 kB Total: 1 package (1 upgrade), Size of downloads: 793 kB ~ # emerge -pv portage These are the packages that would be merged, in order: Calculating dependencies... done! [ebuild R ] sys-apps/portage-2.1.2.2 USE="doc -build -epydoc (-selinux)" LINGUAS="-pl" 0 kB Total: 1 package (1 reinstall), Size of downloads: 0 kB
You know, having a version that's been removed from the tree 14 months ago installed and complaining about wrong dependencies is just funny. Why don't you upgrade your system properly, using emerge -uD world?
Somebody reported this on irc last week and I added RDEPEND=">=net-misc/rsync-2.6.4". It will upgrade automatically with portage now.
*** Bug 171957 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
