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PostPosted: Thu Oct 20, 2011 2:34 pm    Post subject: [SOLVED] Error when trying emerge --sync Reply with quote

I'm trying to install gentoo now and i'm working the online tutorial

When i'm trying the following command:
emerge --sync

I get the following error
Code:
@ERROR: unknown module `metadata`
rsync error: error starting client-server protocol (code 5) at main.c(1516) [Reciver=3.0.8]
>> Retrying..
!! exhausted address for rsync8.de.gentoo.org


Now i've tried couple different rsync mirrors.
here's the SYNC env in my /etc/make.conf
Code:
SYNC="rsync8.de.gentoo.org"


any help would be much appreciated.


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PostPosted: Thu Oct 20, 2011 3:35 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Ok I tried to re-initialize my environment, but now I get a different error:

Code:
 # emerge --sync
!!! getaddrinfo failed for 'rsync8.de.gentoo.org': [Error -2] Name or service not known
>>> Starting rsync with rsync://rsync8.de.gentoo.org...
>>> Checking server timestamp ...
rsync: getaddrinfo: rsync8.de.gentoo.org 873: Name or service not known
rsync: error: error in socket IO (code 10) at clientserver.c(122) [Reciever=3.0.8]
>>> Retrying...
!!! Exhausted address for rsync8.de.gentoo.org


...
Same as before, I tried couple different rsync targets. Any clues what this can be?


[EDIT]
Nevermind, I fixed this error by fixing my DNS server.
I'm back to the original error :(
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PostPosted: Fri Oct 21, 2011 2:00 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

That SYNC= line looks wrong. I have SYNC="rsync://mirror.local/gentoo-portage". You have neither the leading rsync:// nor the trailing /gentoo-portage.
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PostPosted: Fri Oct 21, 2011 2:21 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

for our gentoo servers in Germany, these are our lines (which work correctly)

Code:

GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://de-mirror.org/distro/gentoo/ http://mirror.netcologne.de/gentoo/ http://mirror.opteamax.de/gentoo/"
SYNC="rsync://rsync16.de.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage"


if that helps
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PostPosted: Fri Oct 21, 2011 3:36 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

thanks! I added the /gentoo-portage syntax, and it works now
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PostPosted: Wed Jan 02, 2013 3:19 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I also have this issue, except that my gentoo installs have been working fine so far, and they just refuse to sync now. I had no line selecting mirrors in make.conf, and tried adding the lines above, and it fails too.
What could go wrong ?
I am using a home network, where I have done thousands of syncs and never had a problem...
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PostPosted: Wed Jan 02, 2013 3:19 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I also have this issue, except that my gentoo installs have been working fine so far, and they just refuse to sync now. I had no line selecting mirrors in make.conf, and tried adding the lines above, and it fails too.
What could go wrong ?
I am using a home network, where I have done thousands of syncs and never had a problem...
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