Can't do an "emerge sync" any more: arrakis:~# emerge sync >>> starting rsync with rsync://rsync.de.gentoo.org... stats since May 12 20:26:57 read : 499829140 (476.674 Mb) wrote : 12633827238 (12048.557 Mb) total : 13133656378 (12525.231 Mb) hits : 5460 (2349 Kb/hit) @ERROR: Unknown module '*' rsync: connection unexpectedly closed (214 bytes read so far) rsync error: error in rsync protocol data stream (code 12) at io.c(165) >>> Starting retry 1 of 3 (same happens with rsync.uk.gentoo.org mirror, portage 2.0.47-r10 and latest 2.0.48-pre6 I had available). Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. emerge sync 2. change rsync mirrors in make.conf 3. try again and bang head against keyboard in frustration Actual Results: @ERROR: Unknown module '*' rsync: connection unexpectedly closed (214 bytes read so far) rsync error: error in rsync protocol data stream (code 12) at io.c(165) every time, although the bytes read number changes (247, 214, etc). arrakis:~# emerge info Portage 2.0.48_pre6 (default-x86-1.4, gcc-3.2.2, glibc-2.3.1-r4) ================================================================= System uname: 2.4.20-gentoo-r1 i686 Pentium II (Deschutes) GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://www.mirror.ac.uk/sites/www.ibiblio.org/gentoo http: //gentoo.oregonstate.edu/ http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/distributions/gentoo" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /var/qmail/control /usr/share/config /usr/kde/2/share/config /usr/kde/3/share/config /var/bind /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/gconf /etc/env.d" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" PKGDIR="/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/usr/local/portage" USE="x86 oss apm avi crypt cups encode gif jpeg libg++ mikmod mmx motif mpeg ncurses nls pdflib png quicktime spell truetype xml2 xmms xv zlib alsa gdbm berkdb slang readline tetex aalib nas tcltk java guile mysql X sdl gpm tcpd pam libwww ssl perl python esd imlib oggvorbis gnome gtk qt opengl cdr canna cjk curl dga directfb doc dvd ethereal fbcon flash freewnn gb gd gtk2 gtkhtml imap junit ladcca mbox mozilla plotutils pnp samba sasl snmp tiff usb wmf Xaw3d xml -3dnow -arts -kde -svga" COMPILER="gcc3" CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu" CFLAGS="-march=pentium2 -O3" CXXFLAGS="-march=pentium2 -O3" ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86" MAKEOPTS="-j4" AUTOCLEAN="yes" SYNC="rsync://rsync.de.gentoo.org" FEATURES="sandbox ccache distcc" arrakis:~# emerge -s rsync Searching... [ Results for search key : rsync ] [ Applications found : 4 ] * app-admin/gentoo-rsync-mirror Latest version available: 1.0-r2 Latest version installed: [ Not Installed ] Size of downloaded files: 0 kB Homepage: http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/rsync.xml Description: Ebuild for setting up an gentoo rsync mirror * net-fs/intersync Latest version available: 0.9.5 Latest version installed: [ Not Installed ] Size of downloaded files: 481 kB Homepage: http://www.inter-mezzo.org Description: Intermezzo is an advanced replicating networked filesystem. * net-libs/librsync Latest version available: 0.9.5 Latest version installed: 0.9.5 Size of downloaded files: 262 kB Homepage: http://www.sourceforge.net/projects/rproxy/ Description: Flexible remote checksum-based differencing * net-misc/rsync Latest version available: 2.5.6-r1 Latest version installed: 2.5.6-r1 Size of downloaded files: 570 kB Homepage: http://rsync.samba.org/ Description: File transfer program to keep remote files into sync and... * sys-apps/portage Latest version available: 2.0.47-r10 Latest version installed: 2.0.48_pre6 Size of downloaded files: 176 kB Homepage: http://www.gentoo.org Description: Portage ports system (tried with both these versions, both fail). Another system with 2.0.48_pre6 works fine.
your SYNC variable is set incorrectly in /etc/make.conf. Correct that and it will work. (check install guide, forums, etc. for examples) closing as invalid.
ack - checked on the forum, correct setting should be "rsync://rsync.CC.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage". also, only one mirror can be specified, unlike the distfiles line. thanks for the help.
