Bugzilla Bug 194552

The original PORTAGE_BINHOST protocol, which is uses a remote ${PKGDIR}/All/
directory listing to download all the metadata chunks from each individual
package, needs to be replaced due to inefficiency (bug #108448) and file
collision issues (bug #133908).

Main requirements:

 1) Server side generation of a package metadata index (similar
    to genpkgindex from gentoolkit) to solve bug #108448.

 2) Resolve package file name collisions between packages from
    different categories (bug #133908)

Both of the above are already implemented in trunk. The package
metadata index is generated as packages are built, and there is
also a `emaint --fix binhost` command that can be used to
update, prune, or regenerate the index. The file collisions are
currently handled by using separate category directories, with
no ${PKGDIR}/All directory.

Anyone who would like to try the current implementation may
may want to consult our "how to obtain and test development
versions" doc:

http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/portage/doc/testing.xml

This is supposed to be fixed in portage-2.2_pre5 or earlier.

This is supposed to be fixed in portage-2.2_pre5 or earlier.