Sabayon overlay

[addr]

Please tell me what this means. I have been at this for days.

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 The source of the overlay "sabayon" seems to have changed. You currently sync from "http://svn.sabayonlinux.org/overlay/" while the global layman list reports "git://sabayon.org/projects/overlay.git" as correct location. Please consider removing and readding the overlay!
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* Failed to sync overlay "sabayon".
* Error was: Syncing overlay "sabayon" returned status 256!


Thankyou

Edit: Forget it. Now the system won't accept my root password which I have been using all night and day. I also have no sound.
Back to Sidux and Arch I am afraid.
I have really tried over three installs. I have never known anything like this in Linux. Sorry folks. I'm gone.

[Fitzcarraldo]

The sabayon Portage overlay repository used the Subversion (SVN) version control system but the developer recently changed to the git version control system. All you need to do is, as the root user in a Terminal window, delete the overlay and then add it again:

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# layman -d sabayon
# layman -a sabayon
# layman -S

[Thev00d00]

Damn, How long did he wait before editing that post?

[wolfden]

a whole 20 minutes

[lxnay]

I wonder how one could run Arch if he/she doesn't even know the basics of text reading.

[WarraWarra]

LOL and that same error / fix has been posted in the forums a few times.

[ReemZ]

a whole 20 minutes

Anyway, "Please consider removing and readding the overlay!" in an error message is pretty clear, even to me!
(My guess would be: search forum/wiki to find out what an overlay is, and how to remove/readd it)
I wonder why someone "going back to" Arch (which I've seen a mate of mine chew on for hours just trying to install it...and he's been in the ICT world for ages, so I guess Arch is a lot more difficult than SL) would not get that...

My guess: flamer/troll. Not to be taken seriously...

[addr]

Not a troll.

First please allow me to apologise for my frustrated outburst in my post.

The installation, configuration and update were fraught with problems and I was running a bit ragged.

No excuse.

Thankyou Fitzcarraldo, I will take it from there.

I have a very slow connection and so it can take literally hours to find something hasn't worked.

PS Arch is easy to install.

[ReemZ]

Not a troll.

First please allow me to apologise for my frustrated outburst in my post.

The installation, configuration and update were fraught with problems and I was running a bit ragged.

No excuse.

Accepted as far as I'm concerned
Just don't give up so easily; I'm a complete arse when it comes to computers, but even I managed to get this working, and it works beautifully!

PS Arch is easy to install.

Hmm...that mate of mine has installed and played with several distro's, but couldn't get Arch installed...
Apparently not every distro loves every linux user, maybe it's a pheromone thing

Thankyou Fitzcarraldo, I will take it from there.

I have a very slow connection and so it can take literally hours to find something hasn't worked.

Please let us know the results, so we may either help fixing whatever other problem might occur or enjoy another successfull Sabayon installation
Allthough I realize that, due to your slownet, we might have to wait another week for the reports

[WarraWarra]

Please check if you have git installed otherwise you will have a lot of fun getting the overlays to work, now = git only or so it seems.
If you can not get git installed / working for some reasons then use this below.

Here is the link for git package that you can cheat past errors to get it working as I have done a few times and worked:

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tar xvfj git-1.6.3.tbz2 -C / 

This is not the nicest way to do it but should work if everything else fails.

This should if same as mine tar extract git then -C to root partition and extract to correct folders like /usr/.... and others.
Then do etc-update and the layman again this should get layman sorted + can use git as normal or until able to install git properly / downgrade to correct version.

This is build against gcc4.3.3.-* and py2.6.2 but worked after clean install of 4.1gnome for me when I got stuck with wonderful bcm43xx wifi

ftp://ftp.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/sabayonlinux/binhost/packagesi686mix/git-1.6.3.tbz2

Shout if you get stuck.