backend :

* we now ship updated metadata in our ebuild tree
* we fetch it via normal update/sync operation
* local regen/update is no longer required
* this will improve update/sync operations considerably

1 files changed, 1 insertions, 13 deletions

diff --git a/src/backend/metadata.py b/src/backend/metadata.py
index 99384a0..f906c95 100644
--- a/src/backend/metadata.py
+++ b/src/backend/metadata.py
@@ -6,22 +6,10 @@ import shutil
 import subprocess
 import sisyphus.filesystem
 
-def regenMetadata():
+def purge():
     if os.path.isdir(sisyphus.filesystem.portageMetadataDir):
         for files in os.listdir(sisyphus.filesystem.portageMetadataDir):
             if os.path.isfile(os.path.join(sisyphus.filesystem.portageMetadataDir, files)):
                 os.remove(os.path.join(sisyphus.filesystem.portageMetadataDir, files))
             else:
                 shutil.rmtree(os.path.join(sisyphus.filesystem.portageMetadataDir, files))
-
-    portageExecStage1 = subprocess.Popen(['emerge', '--quiet', '--regen'], stdout=subprocess.PIPE)
-    portageExecStage1.wait()
-    portageExecStage2 = subprocess.Popen(['emerge', '--quiet', '--metadata'], stdout=subprocess.PIPE)
-    portageExecStage2.wait()
-
-def regenSilent():
-    regenMetadata()
-
-@animation.wait("regenerating package metadata")
-def regenAnimated():
-    regenMetadata()