Hi, I wonder why the runtime help is incomplete and why does it automagically infer protocol from the URL. Below I rewrote the paths to use ${prefix} to make them more redable. $ eselect repository Usage: eselect repository <action> <options> Standard actions: help Display help text usage Display usage information version Display version information Extra actions: add <name> <sync-type> <sync-uri> Add a custom repository <name> Name of the repository to add <sync-type> Syncer to use (e.g. git, rsync, svn...) <sync-uri> Sync URI ... $ eselect repository add stefantalpalaru https https://github.com/stefantalpalaru/gentoo-overlay Adding stefantalpalaru to ${prefix}/etc/portage/repos.conf/eselect-repo.conf ... Repository stefantalpalaru added $ eselect repository add jgenco https https://github.com/jgenco/jgenco-overlay Adding jgenco to ${prefix}/etc/portage/repos.conf/eselect-repo.conf ... Repository jgenco added $ $ emerge dev-python/virtualenv !!! Repository 'stefantalpalaru' has sync-type attribute set to unsupported value: 'https' !!! Installed sync-types are: '['cvs', 'git', 'mercurial', 'rsync', 'svn', 'webrsync']' !!! Repository 'jgenco' has sync-type attribute set to unsupported value: 'https' !!! Installed sync-types are: '['cvs', 'git', 'mercurial', 'rsync', 'svn', 'webrsync']' !!! Section 'stefantalpalaru' in repos.conf has location attribute set to nonexistent directory: '${prefix}/var/db/repos/stefantalpalaru' !!! Section 'jgenco' in repos.conf has location attribute set to nonexistent directory: '${prefix}/var/db/repos/jgenco' !!! Repository 'science' is missing masters attribute in '${prefix}/var/db/repos/science/metadata/layout.conf' !!! Set 'masters = gentoo' in this file for future compatibility WARNING: One or more repositories have missing repo_name entries: ${prefix}/var/db/repos/stefantalpalaru/profiles/repo_name ${prefix}/var/db/repos/jgenco/profiles/repo_name ${prefix}/var/db/repos/science/profiles/repo_name NOTE: Each repo_name entry should be a plain text file containing a unique name for the repository on the first line. ... 1. The runtime help output by "eselect repository" should list all supported values, by showing the allowed values directly from some global variable. The message "Syncer to use (e.g. git, rsync, svn...)" is definitely insufficient and there is no proper check of allowed values present. 2. If the source URL includes https:// why doesn't it fill in webrsync automagically? Some firewalls block svn/git/mercurial/rsync so IMO webrsync is the only safe option in general. 3. Why weren't the $prefix/var/db/repos/$reponame/profiles/repo_name files created automagically? I keep seeing these messages for about 5-7 years and honestly I don't care about them. Maybe bug #703958 already?
$ emerge --info !!! Section 'stefantalpalaru' in repos.conf has location attribute set to nonexistent directory: '/auto/vestec1-elixir/projects/biocev/gentoo/var/db/repos/stefantalpalaru' !!! Section 'jgenco' in repos.conf has location attribute set to nonexistent directory: '/auto/vestec1-elixir/projects/biocev/gentoo/var/db/repos/jgenco' !!! Repository 'science' is missing masters attribute in '/auto/vestec1-elixir/projects/biocev/gentoo/var/db/repos/science/metadata/layout.conf' !!! Set 'masters = gentoo' in this file for future compatibility WARNING: One or more repositories have missing repo_name entries: /auto/vestec1-elixir/projects/biocev/gentoo/var/db/repos/science/profiles/repo_name /auto/vestec1-elixir/projects/biocev/gentoo/var/db/repos/stefantalpalaru/profiles/repo_name /auto/vestec1-elixir/projects/biocev/gentoo/var/db/repos/jgenco/profiles/repo_name NOTE: Each repo_name entry should be a plain text file containing a unique name for the repository on the first line. Portage 3.0.59 (python 3.11.4-final-0, default/linux/amd64/17.1/no-multilib/prefix/kernel-3.2+, gcc-13, glibc-2.37-r4, 5.10.0-13-amd64 x86_64) ================================================================= System uname: Linux-5.10.0-13-amd64-x86_64-Intel-R-_Xeon-R-_Platinum_8260_CPU_@_2.40GHz-with-glibc2.37 KiB Mem: 3169357408 total,1433568888 free KiB Swap: 16383996 total, 16151804 free Timestamp of repository gentoo: Tue, 06 Feb 2024 11:30:01 +0000 Head commit of repository gentoo: 66047e8c963570a5883c069eab9d72b45e83cd84 sh bash 5.2_p21 ld GNU ld (Gentoo 2.40 p6) 2.40.0 app-misc/pax-utils: 1.3.7::gentoo app-shells/bash: 5.2_p21::gentoo dev-build/autoconf: 2.13-r8::gentoo, 2.71-r7::gentoo dev-build/automake: 1.16.5-r1::gentoo dev-build/cmake: 3.27.7::gentoo dev-build/libtool: 2.4.7-r1::gentoo dev-build/make: 4.4.1-r1::gentoo dev-build/meson: 1.3.1::gentoo dev-java/java-config: 2.3.1-r1::gentoo dev-lang/perl: 5.38.0-r1::gentoo dev-lang/python: 3.10.13::gentoo, 3.11.4::gentoo, 3.12.0_beta4_p1::gentoo dev-lang/rust: 1.71.0::gentoo dev-lang/rust-bin: 1.71.0::gentoo sys-apps/baselayout: 2.14-r1::gentoo sys-apps/sandbox: 2.37::gentoo sys-devel/binutils: 2.40-r7::gentoo, 2.41-r2::gentoo sys-devel/binutils-config: 5.5::gentoo sys-devel/clang: 16.0.6::gentoo sys-devel/gcc: 13.2.0::gentoo sys-devel/gcc-config: 2.11::gentoo sys-devel/lld: 16.0.6::gentoo sys-devel/llvm: 16.0.6::gentoo sys-kernel/linux-headers: 6.4::gentoo (virtual/os-headers) sys-libs/glibc: 2.37-r4::gentoo Repositories: gentoo location: /auto/vestec1-elixir/projects/biocev/gentoo/var/db/repos/gentoo sync-type: rsync sync-uri: rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage priority: -1000 volatile: True sync-rsync-verify-metamanifest: no sync-rsync-extra-opts: sync-rsync-verify-max-age: 3 sync-rsync-verify-jobs: 1 science location: /auto/vestec1-elixir/projects/biocev/gentoo/var/db/repos/science sync-type: webrsync sync-uri: https://gitweb.gentoo.org/proj/sci.git masters: gentoo volatile: True 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