When attempting emerge sync, I get thrown an error, from whichever mirror I try, saying: rsync: link_stat "/linux/gentoo/metadata/timestamp.chk" (in opsys) failed: No such file or directory Full output below Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. emerge sync Actual Results: receiving file list ... rsync: link_stat "/linux/gentoo/metadata/timestamp.chk" (in opsys) failed: No such file or directory (2) 0 files to consider client: nothing to do: perhaps you need to specify some filenames or the --recursive option? rsync error: some files could not be transferred (code 23) at main.c(653) >>> retry ... Expected Results: portage tree updated boris / # emerge --info Portage 2.0.51.19 (default-linux/x86/2005.0, gcc-3.3.5, glibc-2.3.4.20041102-r1, 2.6.11-gentoo-r4 i686) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.11-gentoo-r4 i686 Intel(R) Pentium(R) III Mobile CPU 933MHz Gentoo Base System version 1.4.16 Python: dev-lang/python-2.3.4-r1 [2.3.4 (#1, Mar 29 2005, 12:46:54)] dev-lang/python: 2.3.4-r1 sys-devel/autoconf: 2.13, 2.59-r6 sys-devel/automake: 1.8.5-r3, 1.5, 1.7.9-r1, 1.6.3, 1.4_p6, 1.9.4 sys-devel/binutils: 2.15.92.0.2-r1 sys-devel/libtool: 1.5.10-r4 virtual/os-headers: 2.6.8.1-r2 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CFLAGS="-O2 -march=pentium3 -pipe" CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/kde/2/share/config /usr/kde/3/share/config /usr/lib/X11/xkb /usr/share/config/var/qmail/control" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/gconf /etc/terminfo /etc/env.d" CXXFLAGS="-O2 -march=pentium3 -pipe" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="autoaddcvs autoconfig ccache distlocks sandbox sfperms" GENTOO_MIRRORS="ftp://mirror.iawnet.sandia.gov/pub/gentoo/ ftp://gentoo.chem.wisc.edu/gentoo/ http://cudlug.cudenver.edu/gentoo/ http://www.mirrorservice.org/sites/www.ibiblio.org/gentoo/ ftp://ftp.mirrorservice.org/sites/www.ibiblio.org/gentoo/" MAKEOPTS="-j2" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" SYNC="rsync://gd.tuwien.ac.at/opsys/linux/gentoo" USE="x86 X apm arts avi berkdb bitmap-fonts crypt cups emboss encode esd fam foomaticdb fortran gdbm gif gnome gpm gtk gtk2 imlib ipv6 jpeg kde libg++ libwww mad mikmod motif mp3 mpeg ncurses nls oggvorbis opengl oss pam pdflib perl png python qt quicktime readline sdl spell ssl svga tcpd tiff truetype truetype-fonts type1-fonts xml2 xmms xv zlib" Unset: ASFLAGS, CBUILD, CTARGET, LANG, LC_ALL, LDFLAGS, PORTDIR_OVERLAY
I'm not sure about it, but you selected a valid rsync mirror? I'm not sure if tuwien actually has a portage mirror.. and i'm quite sure it shouldn't have that syntax. Please look at make.conf.example for a list of valid continental mirrors and try with those.
Correct, Simply use one of the mirrors in /etc/make.conf.example. Maybe someone could explain to me what the other rsync mirror's are for then?? Moved to resolved and fixed.
