This is the output of my console : n22 /var/lib/layman # eix-update Reading Portage settings .. Building database (/var/cache/eix/portage.eix) .. [0] "gentoo" /usr/portage/ (cache: metadata-md5-or-flat) Reading category 156|156 (100%) Finished [1] "kde" /var/lib/layman/kde (cache: parse|ebuild*#metadata-md5#metadata-flat#assign) Reading category 75|156 ( 48%): kde-base .. same with stable eix version Reproducible: Always n22 /var/lib/layman # emerge --info eix Portage 2.1.10.49 (default/linux/x86/10.0/desktop/kde, gcc-4.5.3, glibc-2.14.1-r3, 3.4.3 i686) ================================================================= System Settings ================================================================= System uname: Linux-3.4.3-i686-Intel-R-_Core-TM-2_Duo_CPU_P8600_@_2.40GHz-with-gentoo-2.1 Timestamp of tree: Tue, 19 Jun 2012 17:15:01 +0000 app-shells/bash: 4.2_p20 dev-java/java-config: 2.1.11-r3 dev-lang/python: 2.7.3-r2, 3.2.3 dev-util/cmake: 2.8.7-r5 dev-util/pkgconfig: 0.26 sys-apps/baselayout: 2.1-r1 sys-apps/openrc: 0.9.8.4 sys-apps/sandbox: 2.5 sys-devel/autoconf: 2.13, 2.68 sys-devel/automake: 1.9.6-r3, 1.11.1 sys-devel/binutils: 2.21.1-r1 sys-devel/gcc: 4.5.3-r2 sys-devel/gcc-config: 1.6 sys-devel/libtool: 2.4-r1 sys-devel/make: 3.82-r1 sys-kernel/linux-headers: 3.1 (virtual/os-headers) sys-libs/glibc: 2.14.1-r3 Repositories: gentoo kde toralf ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86" ACCEPT_LICENSE="*" CBUILD="i686-pc-linux-gnu" CFLAGS="-O2 -march=native -pipe" CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/share/config /usr/share/gnupg/qualified.txt" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/ca-certificates.conf /etc/env.d /etc/env.d/java/ /etc/fonts/fonts.conf /etc/gconf /etc/gentoo-release /etc/php/apache2-php5.3/ext-active/ /etc/php/cgi-php5.3/ext-active/ /etc/php/cli-php5.3/ext-active/ /etc/revdep-rebuild /etc/sandbox.d /etc/terminfo" CXXFLAGS="-O2 -march=native -pipe" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS="--autounmask=n --keep-going=y --nospinner --tree --deep --quiet-build" FCFLAGS="-O2 -march=i686 -pipe" FEATURES="assume-digests binpkg-logs compress-build-logs distlocks ebuild-locks fixlafiles news parallel-fetch protect-owned sandbox sfperms strict test test-fail-continue unknown-features-warn unmerge-logs unmerge-orphans userfetch" FFLAGS="-O2 -march=i686 -pipe" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://mirror.leaseweb.com/gentoo/ http://gentoo.mirror.dkm.cz/pub/gentoo/ http://ftp.snt.utwente.nl/pub/os/linux/gentoo http://gentoo.mneisen.org/ http://www.gtlib.gatech.edu/pub/gentoo" LANG="en_US.utf8" LDFLAGS="-Wl,-O1 -Wl,--as-needed" LINGUAS="en en_GB" MAKEOPTS="-j3" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_CONFIGROOT="/" PORTAGE_RSYNC_OPTS="--recursive --links --safe-links --perms --times --compress --force --whole-file --delete --stats --human-readable --timeout=180 --exclude=/distfiles --exclude=/local --exclude=/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/var/lib/layman/kde /usr/local/portage" SYNC="rsync://linux.rz.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/gentoo-portage" USE="X a52 aac acl acpi alsa apache2 berkdb bittorrent branding bzip2 cairo cdda cdr classic cli consolekit corefonts cracklib crypt css cups cxx dbus declarative dri dts dvb dvd dvdr emboss encode exif fam fastbuild ffmpeg firefox flac fontconfig fortran g3dvl gdbm gif git gmp gphoto2 gpm gtk hyphenation iconv ipv6 java jpeg kde kipi kqemu kvm lcms ldap libnotify lirc logrotate mad mbox mmx mng modules mp3 mp4 mpeg mudflap mysql mysqli ncurses nls nptl nsplugin ntfs ogg opengl openmp pam pango pcre pdf phonon plasma png policykit ppds pppd qt3support qt4 rdesktop readline sdl session sna spell sse sse2 sse3 ssl ssse3 startup-notification svg tcpd thinkpad threads tiff tk transparent-proxy truetype udev udisks unicode upower usb vim-syntax vnc vorbis wxwidgets x264 x86 xa xcb xcomposite xinerama xml xorg xpm xscreensaver xulrunner xv xvid xvmc zlib" ALSA_CARDS="hda-intel" 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 auth_digest authn_anon authn_dbd authn_dbm authn_default authn_file authz_dbm authz_default authz_groupfile authz_host authz_owner authz_user autoindex cache cgi dav dav_fs dav_lock dbd deflate dir disk_cache env expires ext_filter file_cache filter headers ident imagemap include info log_config logio mem_cache mime mime_magic negotiation proxy proxy_ajp proxy_balancer proxy_connect proxy_http rewrite setenvif so speling status unique_id userdir usertrack vhost_alias" CALLIGRA_FEATURES="kexi words flow plan sheets stage tables krita karbon braindump" CAMERAS="ptp2" COLLECTD_PLUGINS="df interface irq load memory rrdtool swap syslog" ELIBC="glibc" GPSD_PROTOCOLS="ashtech aivdm earthmate evermore fv18 garmin garmintxt gpsclock itrax mtk3301 nmea ntrip navcom oceanserver oldstyle oncore rtcm104v2 rtcm104v3 sirf superstar2 timing tsip tripmate tnt ubx" INPUT_DEVICES="evdev" KERNEL="linux" LCD_DEVICES="bayrad cfontz cfontz633 glk hd44780 lb216 lcdm001 mtxorb ncurses text" LIBREOFFICE_EXTENSIONS="presenter-console presenter-minimizer" LINGUAS="en en_GB" LIRC_DEVICES="devinput inputlirc" PHP_TARGETS="php5-3" PYTHON_TARGETS="python3_2 python2_7" QEMU_SOFTMMU_TARGETS="i386 x86_64" QEMU_USER_TARGETS="i386 x86_64" RUBY_TARGETS="ruby18 ruby19" USERLAND="GNU" VIDEO_CARDS="intel" XTABLES_ADDONS="quota2 psd pknock lscan length2 ipv4options ipset ipp2p iface geoip fuzzy condition tee tarpit sysrq steal rawnat logmark ipmark dhcpmac delude chaos account" Unset: CPPFLAGS, CTARGET, INSTALL_MASK, LC_ALL, PORTAGE_BUNZIP2_COMMAND, PORTAGE_COMPRESS, PORTAGE_COMPRESS_FLAGS, PORTAGE_RSYNC_EXTRA_OPTS, USE_PYTHON ================================================================= Package Settings ================================================================= app-portage/eix-0.25.5 was built with the following: USE="(consolekit) dep nls (policykit) test -debug -doc -optimization -security -sqlite -strong-optimization -tools -zsh-completion"
well - it finished eventually, but tooks awefully looong
Set OVERLAY_CACHE_METHOD=parse in your /etc/eixrc
(In reply to comment #2) > Set > OVERLAY_CACHE_METHOD=parse > in your /etc/eixrc thx - works fine
