I have PORTAGE_RSYNC_RETRIES = 1 in my /etc/make.conf, and every time I run euse I get a variable number of warnings, thus: /etc/make.conf: line 46: PORTAGE_RSYNC_RETRIES: command not found Setting retries to 1 is sensible when the rsync server is on the local Ethernet segment; if the first attempt fails, so will all the rest until the server is fixed. Reproducible: Always $ emerge --info Portage 2.1.6.4 (default/linux/amd64/2008.0, gcc-4.1.2, glibc-2.6.1-r0, 2.6.27-gentoo-r6 x86_64) ================================================================= System uname: Linux-2.6.27-gentoo-r6-x86_64-AMD_Opteron-tm-_Processor_246-with-glibc2.2.5 Timestamp of tree: Sat, 10 Jan 2009 09:15:01 +0000 ccache version 2.4 [enabled] app-shells/bash: 3.2_p39 dev-lang/python: 2.4.4-r13, 2.5.2-r7 dev-python/pycrypto: 2.0.1-r6 dev-util/ccache: 2.4-r7 dev-util/cmake: 2.4.6-r1 sys-apps/baselayout: 1.12.11.1 sys-apps/sandbox: 1.2.18.1-r2 sys-devel/autoconf: 2.13, 2.63 sys-devel/automake: 1.5, 1.7.9-r1, 1.8.5-r3, 1.9.6-r2, 1.10.2 sys-devel/binutils: 2.18-r3 sys-devel/gcc-config: 1.4.0-r4 sys-devel/libtool: 1.5.26 virtual/os-headers: 2.6.27-r2 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="amd64" CBUILD="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu" CFLAGS="-march=opteron -O2 -pipe" CHOST="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/kde/3.5/env /usr/kde/3.5/share/config /usr/kde/3.5/shutdown /usr/share/config" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/ca-certificates.conf /etc/env.d /etc/fonts/fonts.conf /etc/gconf /etc/init.d /etc/pam.d /etc/revdep-rebuild /etc/terminfo /etc/texmf/web2c /etc/udev/rules.d" CXXFLAGS="-march=opteron -O2 -pipe" DISTDIR="/usr-bits/distfiles" EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS="--with-bdeps y --nospinner" FEATURES="buildpkg ccache distlocks fixpackages parallel-fetch protect-owned sandbox sfperms strict unmerge-orphans userfetch" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://gentoo.blueyonder.co.uk http://ftp.easynet.nl/mirror/gentoo http://distfiles.gentoo.org" LANG="en_GB.UTF-8" LC_ALL="en_GB.UTF-8" LDFLAGS="-Wl,-O1" LINGUAS="en_GB" MAKEOPTS="-j3 -s" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_COMPRESS="" PORTAGE_RSYNC_OPTS="--recursive --links --safe-links --perms --times --compress --force --whole-file --delete --stats --timeout=180 --exclude=/distfiles --exclude=/local --exclude=/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" SYNC="rsync://serv.ethnet/gentoo-portage" USE="X acl acpi alsa amd64 arts bzip2 cdr cli cracklib crypt cups dbus dri dvd dvdr exif fam fortran gdbm gif gpm iconv ipv6 javascript jpeg jpeg2k kde kdeprefix logitech-mouse logrotate midi mmx mng mp3 mpeg mudflap multilib ncurses nls nptl nptlonly nvidia ogg opengl openmp pam pcre pdf perl png pppd python qt3 readline reflection session smp spell spl sse sse2 ssl svg sysfs tcpd tiff truetype unicode usb vcd vorbis wmf xml xorg xulrunner zlib" ALSA_CARDS="intel8x0" ALSA_PCM_PLUGINS="adpcm alaw asym copy dmix dshare dsnoop empty extplug file hooks iec958 ioplug ladspa lfloat linear meter mmap_emul mulaw multi null plug rate route share shm softvol" APACHE2_MODULES="actions alias auth_basic authn_alias authn_anon authn_dbm authn_default authn_file authz_dbm authz_default authz_groupfile authz_host authz_owner authz_user autoindex cache dav dav_fs dav_lock deflate dir disk_cache env expires ext_filter file_cache filter headers include info log_config logio mem_cache mime mime_magic negotiation rewrite setenvif speling status unique_id userdir usertrack vhost_alias" CAMERAS="fuji" ELIBC="glibc" INPUT_DEVICES="keyboard mouse" KERNEL="linux" LCD_DEVICES="bayrad cfontz cfontz633 glk hd44780 lb216 lcdm001 mtxorb ncurses text" LINGUAS="en_GB" USERLAND="GNU" VIDEO_CARDS="nv nvidia" Unset: CPPFLAGS, CTARGET, FFLAGS, INSTALL_MASK, PORTAGE_COMPRESS_FLAGS, PORTAGE_RSYNC_EXTRA_OPTS, PORTDIR_OVERLAY
If you are so sure, please attach your make.conf.
Should be: PORTAGE_RSYNC_RETRIES=1
(In reply to comment #2) > Should be: > > PORTAGE_RSYNC_RETRIES=1 Ah. So it should. Apologies for the noise.