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author | V3n3RiX <venerix@redcorelinux.org> | 2018-03-18 04:54:42 +0000 |
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committer | V3n3RiX <venerix@redcorelinux.org> | 2018-03-18 04:54:42 +0000 |
commit | 5510d9d7d1c93c2ea71a2bd6f0666168808d5dd6 (patch) | |
tree | c968fff3108e2b4d88e4e564a56bfd066f170573 /metadata/news/2018-03-13-portage-rsync-verification-unstable | |
parent | 1dde4e5c4b92d849bf1abf0a48135b2a0644f7e1 (diff) |
gentoo resync : 18.03.2018
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diff --git a/metadata/news/2018-03-13-portage-rsync-verification-unstable/2018-03-13-portage-rsync-verification-unstable.en.txt b/metadata/news/2018-03-13-portage-rsync-verification-unstable/2018-03-13-portage-rsync-verification-unstable.en.txt new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..9f96f2719235 --- /dev/null +++ b/metadata/news/2018-03-13-portage-rsync-verification-unstable/2018-03-13-portage-rsync-verification-unstable.en.txt @@ -0,0 +1,46 @@ +Title: Portage rsync tree verification unstable +Author: Zac Medico <zmedico@gentoo.org> +Posted: 2018-03-13 +Revision: 1 +News-Item-Format: 2.0 +Display-If-Installed: sys-apps/portage + +Portage rsync tree verification is being temporarily turned off by +default, starting with sys-apps/portage-2.3.24. This permits +stabilization of sys-apps/portage-2.3.24 while still working on bugs +relating to tree verification [1]: deadlocks [2] & key fetching [3]. + +If users wish to enable the 'rsync-verify' USE flag for sys-apps/portage, +they need to follow these steps: + +1) In order to unmask the 'rsync-verify' USE flag, create a file named +/etc/portage/profile/package.use.mask containing a line like the +following: + + sys-apps/portage -rsync-verify + +2) Once the 'rsync-verify' USE flag has been unmasked as described +in step 1, it can be enabled with a line like the following in +/etc/portage/package.use: + + sys-apps/portage rsync-verify + +3) After the configuration changes in steps 1 and 2 have been made, run +the following command: + + emerge --oneshot --newuse '>=sys-apps/portage-2.3.24' + +After all above steps are successfully completed, a line like the +following should appear in the emerge --info output for the gentoo +repository: + + sync-rsync-verify-metamanifest: yes + +If you wish to disable it for some reason, you can set +'sync-rsync-verify-metamanifest = no' in your repos.conf. + +[1] https://bugs.gentoo.org/650144 sys-apps/portage: [TRACKER] issues + related to 'rsync-verify' USE flag +[2] https://bugs.gentoo.org/647964 app-portage/gemato-11.2: deadlock? +[3] https://bugs.gentoo.org/649276 sys-apps/portage: gpg key refresh + needs exponential backoff with jitter |