emerge --sync rsync panic [Solved]

[Zeadar]

Erhm... Hello everyone!

I have got problem with emerge, when I try the emerge --sync command, emerge just spits this at me:

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disorder zeadar # emerge --sync
WARNING: One or more repositories have missing repo_name entries:

        /usr/local/portage/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.
Notice: [Errno -2] Name or service not known
>>> Starting rsync with rsync://rsync.europe.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage...
>>> Checking server timestamp ...
timed out
rsync error: received SIGINT, SIGTERM, or SIGHUP (code 20) at rsync.c(543) [Receiver=3.0.7]
>>> Retrying...
Notice: [Errno -2] Name or service not known


>>> Starting retry 1 of 3 with rsync://rsync.europe.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage
>>> Checking server timestamp ...
timed out
rsync error: received SIGINT, SIGTERM, or SIGHUP (code 20) at rsync.c(543) [Receiver=3.0.7]
>>> Retrying...
Notice: [Errno -2] Name or service not known


>>> Starting retry 2 of 3 with rsync://rsync.europe.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage
>>> Checking server timestamp ...
timed out
rsync error: received SIGINT, SIGTERM, or SIGHUP (code 20) at rsync.c(543) [Receiver=3.0.7]
>>> Retrying...
Notice: [Errno -2] Name or service not known


>>> Starting retry 3 of 3 with rsync://rsync.europe.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage
>>> Checking server timestamp ...
timed out
rsync error: received SIGINT, SIGTERM, or SIGHUP (code 20) at rsync.c(543) [Receiver=3.0.7]
>>> Exceeded PORTAGE_RSYNC_RETRIES: 3

I have delayed posting this because I thought it was a problem with gentoo servers, but if it would, people would shout more loudly about it.

As I can remember this problem occurred when I one day removed some timestamp file in purpose of forcing an emerge --sync.

By the way I have read this thread: viewtopic.php?f=86&t=18741&start=0 which doesn't work for me. (I have the same firewall that allowed rsync a week ago.)

[wolfden]

and you tried a different mirror?

[Fitzcarraldo]

BTW, regarding Portage nagging about a missing repo name for a local overlay, do the following:

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# mkdir /usr/local/portage/profiles
# echo "local_overlay" > /usr/local/portage/profiles/repo_name

[Zeadar]

and you tried a different mirror?

How can I do that?

For some reason I can't fin anything in the wiki, can you post a little explanation or link me to another thread, wiki, etc, please.

BTW, regarding Portage nagging about a missing repo name for a local overlay, do the following:

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# mkdir /usr/local/portage/profiles
# echo "local_overlay" > /usr/local/portage/profiles/repo_name

Thanks, didn't fix my problem but got, as expected, rid of unnecessary emerge spam.

[wolfden]

simple google search: http://linuxreviews.org/gentoo/mirrors/

[Zeadar]

simple google search: http://linuxreviews.org/gentoo/mirrors/

Thanks, now emerge works as supposed to.

Now I just have to find out what I intended to merge in the first place...