Setting RSYNC_TIMEOUT=30 results in this error. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Set RSYNC_TIMEOUT=30 2. Connect to rsync server 3. Wait thirty seconds. Actual Results: rsync suspened on sucessful connect after 30 seconds Expected Results: rsync should have suspened and retrided on an unsuccessful connect attempt after 30 seconds. Portage 2.0.48-r1 (default-ppc-1.4, gcc-3.2.3, glibc-2.3.2-r1) ================================================================= System uname: 2.4.20-ben10 ppc GENTOO_MIRRORS="ftp://planetmirror.com.au/pub/gentoo http://gentoo.oregonstate.edu http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/distributions/gentoo" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /var/qmail/control /usr/share/config /usr/kde/2/share/config /usr/kde/3/share/config /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/gconf /etc/env.d" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="" USE="oss dvd xv libwww nls mitshm qt kde ppc gnome-libs gtkhtml berkdb slang readline sdl imlib oggvorbis motif X gtk gnome -alsa bonobo cdr crypt -cups esd gb gdbm gif gpm guile java jikes jpeg libgda mozilla mpeg mysql opengl pam pdflib perl png python samba ssl tcpd tiff truetype xmms" COMPILER="gcc3" CHOST="powerpc-unknown-linux-gnu" CFLAGS="-O2 -pipe -mcpu=7400 -maltivec -mabi=altivec" CXXFLAGS="-O2 -pipe -mcpu=7400 -maltivec -mabi=altivec" ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="ppc ~ppc" MAKEOPTS="-j2" AUTOCLEAN="yes" SYNC="rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" FEATURES="ccache userpriv"
Created attachment 12906 [details] rsync output showing error
It's an rsync bug in my opinion. And a timeout that low will almost always fail.
It's rsync, not portage.