Following the instruction on http://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Handbook:X86/Working/Features#Pulling_validated_portage_tree_snapshots to stop emerge --sync from working. I didn't have a /etc/portage/repos.conf file or dir. Creating a new one just with the two commented out lines as per the handbook naturally didn't do anything. Next I tried creating a proper new config, didn't work either: $ cat /etc/portage/repos.conf/gentoo.conf main-repo = gentoo [gentoo] location = /usr/portage SYNC="" Instead I had to edit /usr/share/portage/config/repos.conf: [DEFAULT] main-repo = gentoo [gentoo] location = /usr/portage #sync-type = rsync #sync-uri = rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage Reproducible: Always
Correction, something got lost there, this is what I had: cat /etc/portage/repos.conf/gentoo.conf [DEFAULT] main-repo = gentoo [gentoo] location = /usr/portage SYNC=""
Five months after this bug was created @Dolson made a contribution to the Handbook:Parts/Installation/Media section of the Handbook that most likely resolves this issue. The specific revision that added the additional information can be seen here: https://wiki.gentoo.org/index.php?diff=309272&oldid=279742 I will attempt to reproduce this issue following the instructions made by the revision above in attempt to reproduce the issue. If I don't experience any problems I'll mark as Fixed/resolved.
Created attachment 418828 [details] Output of Portage when using GPG and no sync-uri. Portage's warning output and successful sync.
