Talk:Mirrorselect
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A comment [[User:Larry|Larry]] 13:52, 13 May 2024 (UTC) : A reply [[User:Sally|Sally]] 14:50, 3 December 2024 (UTC) :: Your reply ~~~~
repos.conf updates
idk i think the talk page should be the place for some of the discussion on the main page going on there....
starting to look at the updated syntax.
/usr/share/portage/config/repos.conf shows syntax
root #
mirrorselect -ior >> /etc/portage/repos.conf
[DEFAULT] main-repo = gentoo
[gentoo] location = /usr/portage sync-type = rsync sync-uri = rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage
end rant
— Preceding unsigned comment added by 666threesixes666 (talk • contribs)
- True, there is a warning at SYNC
— Preceding unsigned comment added by Emc (talk • contribs) 12:32, 15 January 2014 (UTC)
First Paragraph Correction
"The default configuration of repositories for Portage originates from the Portage package itself, /usr/share/portage/config/repos.conf. However, the settings within /etc/portage/repos.conf override values set within /usr/share/portage/config/repos.conf."
Should read: "The default configuration for Portage repositories originates from the Portage package itself, /usr/share/portage/config/repos.conf. However, the settings within /etc/portage/repos.conf FALLS BACK TO values set WITHIN /usr/share/portage/config/repos.conf." --Roger (talk) 16:34, 28 December 2015 (UTC) Added minor grammar corrections. Reread this today, and initially immediately thought I wrote that first paragraph!!! Good attempt if English is your second language. --Roger (talk) 14:58, 23 November 2016 (UTC)
- I disagree. There is portage (a program) and there are repositories. "itself" makes no sense to me as the sentence is about "the Gentoo repository", about its configuration.--Charles17 (talk) 16:13, 23 November 2016 (UTC)
Question about the SYNC variable
Will mirrorselect still default to using the old make.conf SYNC variable which has been deprecated. Or has this been fixed with bug #486956? If so (fixed), that sentence should be removed.
--Charles17 (talk) 21:37, 22 November 2016 (UTC)
- Test it an then fix it if it's broken. It's a public wiki. --Maffblaster (talk) 21:43, 22 November 2016 (UTC)
- Also, please add InfoBoxes when you're creating new discussions so we can categorically track them. --Maffblaster (talk) 21:45, 22 November 2016 (UTC)
- mirrorselect has a behavior that changes the output when it detects that repos.conf is in the path and rsync is the type. I don't believe this is well documented. --Grknight (talk) 21:48, 22 November 2016 (UTC)
- If this behavior has changed we can adjust this article accordingly. --Maffblaster (talk) 23:56, 17 April 2017 (UTC)