rsa4046 Posted April 11, 2017 Report Share Posted April 11, 2017 I recently noticed that eix wasn't returning correct results; I'm assuming this is the issue: # eix-sync * Running emerge --sync >>> Syncing repository 'gentoo' into '/usr/portage'... /usr/bin/git pull Already up-to-date. === Sync completed for gentoo q: Updating ebuild cache in /usr/portage ... q: Finished 40004 entries in 0.292586 seconds * Copying old database to /var/cache/eix/previous.eix * Running eix-update Reading Portage settings... Building database (/var/cache/eix/portage.eix)... [0] "gentoo" /usr/portage/ (cache: metadata-md5-or-flat) Reading category 166|166 (100) EMPTY! [1] "local" /usr/local/portage (cache: parse|ebuild*#metadata-md5#metadata-flat#assign) Reading category 166|166 (100) Finished [2] "sage-on-gentoo" /var/lib/layman/sage-on-gentoo (cache: parse|ebuild*#metadata-md5#metadata-flat#assign) Reading category 166|166 (100) Finished [3] "science" /var/lib/layman/science (cache: parse|ebuild*#metadata-md5#metadata-flat#assign) Reading category 166|166 (100) Finished Applying masks... Calculating hash tables... Writing database file /var/cache/eix/portage.eix... Database contains 972 packages in 166 categories * Calling eix-diff * Time statistics: 2 seconds for syncing 2 seconds for eix-update 4 seconds total i.e., the EMPTY message above. My /etc/portage/repos.conf/gentoo file is [DEFAULT] main-repo = gentoo [gentoo] location = /usr/portage sync-type = git sync-uri = git://github.com/funtoo/ports-2012.git auto-sync = yes and /etc/make.conf is almost empty: MAKEOPTS="-j7" VIDEO_CARDS="nouveau" INPUT_DEVICES="evdev" USE="apache2 mysql int64 -bluetooth" Is this just a temporary problem -- should I just wait for an update? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 cafaia Posted April 11, 2017 Report Share Posted April 11, 2017 Hello, rsa4046! I believe it is temporary. You can follow this case here: https://bugs.funtoo.org/browse/FL-3708 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 rsa4046 Posted April 11, 2017 Author Report Share Posted April 11, 2017 Hi cafaia, thanks for the quick reply and link-- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 cafaia Posted April 11, 2017 Report Share Posted April 11, 2017 Hello, rsa4046! It was a pleasure to help! Now everything is back to normal, look here the folder md5-cache again present: https://github.com/funtoo/ports-2012/tree/funtoo.org/metadata Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 rsa4046 Posted April 12, 2017 Author Report Share Posted April 12, 2017 Hi cafaia, working great :) thanks again! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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I recently noticed that eix wasn't returning correct results; I'm assuming this is the issue:
i.e., the EMPTY message above. My /etc/portage/repos.conf/gentoo file is
and /etc/make.conf is almost empty:
Is this just a temporary problem -- should I just wait for an update?
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