Bug 538512

Summary:	emerge --sync can't handle git repo if $SYNC is set in make.conf
Product:	Portage Development	Reporter:	Justin Lecher (RETIRED) <jlec>
Component:	Unclassified	Assignee:	Portage team <dev-portage>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED
Severity:	normal	CC:	martin
Priority:	Normal	Keywords:	InVCS
Version:	2.2
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
Whiteboard:
Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---
Bug Depends on:
Bug Blocks:	484436

Description Justin Lecher (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2015-02-02 08:42:58 UTC

# cat /etc/portage/repos.conf/gentoo.conf 
[DEFAULT]
main-repo = gentoo

[gentoo]
location = /var/db/repos/gentoo
sync-type = git
sync-uri = https://github.com/gentoo/gentoo-portage-rsync-mirror.git
auto-sync = true

ics6web ~ # nano /etc/portage/make.conf
ics6web ~ # cat /etc/portage/repos.conf/gentoo.conf 
[DEFAULT]
main-repo = gentoo

[gentoo]
location = /var/db/repos/gentoo
sync-type = git
sync-uri = https://github.com/gentoo/gentoo-portage-rsync-mirror.git
auto-sync = true

ics6web ~ # grep SYNC /etc/portage/make.conf
SYNC=rsync://rsync.j-schmitz.net/gentoo-portage
ics6web ~ # emerge --sync
>>> Synchronization of repository 'gentoo' located in '/var/db/repos/gentoo'...
!!! /var/db/repos/gentoo appears to be under revision control (contains .git).
!!! Aborting rsync sync.
ics6web ~ # ll -d /var/db/repos/gentoo/.git
drwxr-xr-x 7 portage portage 4.0K Feb  2 08:19 /var/db/repos/gentoo/.git/


When removing SYNC from make.conf emerge --sync works fine.

Comment 1 Brian Dolbec (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2015-02-02 18:37:46 UTC

OK, I found the override code in portage/repository/config.py. 
It was a backward compatibility variable for older mirrorselect.
Newer mirrorselect modifies repos.conf instead.

fixed in commit: https://github.com/gentoo/portage/commit/d88cf4746c0fe891087a79d630e9d8181c7cbd04

Comment 2 Brian Dolbec (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2015-02-12 06:07:45 UTC

Released in portage-2.2.17