/etc/portage/modules

The  file can be Article description::used to override the metadata cache implementation. In practice,  is the only variable that the user will want to override.

After changing the  setting, it may be necessary to transfer or regenerate metadata cache. Users of the rsync tree need to run if they have enabled   in.

In order to regenerate metadata for repositories not distributing pre-generated metadata cache, run (see ).

When using something like the sqlite module and want to keep all metadata in that format alone (useful for querying), enable  in.

equery
Problem: stopped working, but  still works.

Solution: cleanup Portage profile's deps: