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JonathanVP
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 Posted: Fri Jan 17, 2003 12:05 am Post subject: This is frustrating!!! Portage-2.0.46-r9.tar.bz2 can't d/l |
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Well...this is very frustrating...I can't install 1.4 RC2 because emerge -u world craps out when it tries to download the Portage file. I can't download the Portage file because it is not in ibiblio and it times out on the Gentoo twobit site. I saw a similiar post a month ago but there was no resolution. And if there was a resolution, I could not locate it!
I can't be the only one with this problem and surely someone has gotten around to this or else I wouldn't be the only one posting this.
I have also noticed a particular pattern in responses to posts ratio in the Gentoo forums. Silly questions get the most responses while the most serious ones don't get much relatively. Gentoo may be a great product but technical support really sucks when it comes to getting answers quickly and effectively! |
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kutsuya
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| Posted: Fri Jan 17, 2003 1:26 am Post subject: What to do when portage times-out on a new emerge.... |
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| JonathanVP wrote: | Well...this is very frustrating...I can't install 1.4 RC2 because emerge -u world craps out when it tries to download the Portage file. I can't download the Portage file because it is not in ibiblio and it times out on the Gentoo twobit site. I saw a similiar post a month ago but there was no resolution. And if there was a resolution, I could not locate it!
I can't be the only one with this problem and surely someone has gotten around to this or else I wouldn't be the only one posting this.
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Hi,
I found a work around for that, I don't know if you will like it. I assume your PORTDIR (in make.conf) is set to the default 'usr/portage'. I also assume you are using the default file fetcher wget.
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# cd /usr/portage/distfiles
# wget -c /url/to/file/you/want/to/continue
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Here is a example:
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bash-2.05b# emerge portage -p
These are the packages that I would merge, in order:
Calculating dependencies ...done!
[ebuild U ] sys-apps/portage-2.0.46-r9 [2.0.46-r8]
bash-2.05b# emerge portage -f
Calculating dependencies ...done!
>>> emerge (1 of 1) sys-apps/portage-2.0.46-r9 to /
...
>>> Downloading http://gentoo.twobit.net/portage/portage-2.0.46-r9.tar.bz2
--17:11:55-- http://gentoo.twobit.net/portage/portage-2.0.46-r9.tar.bz2
=> `/usr/portage/distfiles/portage-2.0.46-r9.tar.bz2'
Resolving gentoo.twobit.net... done.
Connecting to gentoo.twobit.net[198.37.27.165]:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 156,121 [application/x-tar]
6% [=> ] 9,914 2.54K/s ETA 00:56Killed
# # killed it to show I can restart it with a bit of hassle.
# # I not the URL where it was downloading the file from.
bash-2.05b# cd /usr/portage/distfiles
bash-2.05b# wget -c http://gentoo.twobit.net/portage/portage-2.0.46-r9.tar.bz2
--17:12:57-- http://gentoo.twobit.net/portage/portage-2.0.46-r9.tar.bz2
=> `portage-2.0.46-r9.tar.bz2'
Resolving gentoo.twobit.net... done.
Connecting to gentoo.twobit.net[198.37.27.165]:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 206 Partial Content
Length: 156,121 (146,207 to go) [application/x-tar]
100%[====================================>] 156,121 2.54K/s ETA 00:00
17:14:14 (2.54 KB/s) - `portage-2.0.46-r9.tar.bz2' saved [156121/156121]
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Success! If it times out again..repeat the 'wget-c ' comand above.
| JonathanVP wrote: | | I have also noticed a particular pattern in responses to posts ratio in the Gentoo forums. Silly questions get the most responses while the most serious ones don't get much relatively. Gentoo may be a great product but technical support really sucks when it comes to getting answers quickly and effectively! |
That is a pattern you will probably see in politics among other things. 
If you are paying for technical support, maybe I can help you locate some place to complain. Money can help get those answers quickly and effectively.
Hope this helps,
--Kutsuya
EDIT: noticed a typo |
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JonathanVP
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| Posted: Fri Jan 17, 2003 2:17 am Post subject: Thanks!!! Did the trick! |
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Kutsuya,
Thanks!!! It did the trick! Finally, an answer that works! For some strange reason, I had to reexecute the wget command several times to get the portage file. I don't know why it is happening to that particular file since I was able to get all the other files easily. I am now in the process of installing rc2 again!
Thanks again!
Jonathan |
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kutsuya
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| Posted: Fri Jan 17, 2003 3:59 am Post subject: Re: Thanks!!! Did the trick! |
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| JonathanVP wrote: | Kutsuya,
Thanks!!! It did the trick! Finally, an answer that works! For some strange reason, I had to reexecute the wget command several times to get the portage file. I don't know why it is happening to that particular file since I was able to get all the other files easily. I am now in the process of installing rc2 again!
Thanks again!
Jonathan |
Jonathan,
You are welcome. Glad it worked.  It's possible that URL was having alot of work to do, or it has problems.
I have to use the 'trick' often myself...slow dial-up connect...2-hour time limit.
Good luck on your install, Jonathan. 
Kutsuya |
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JonathanVP
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| Posted: Fri Jan 17, 2003 4:05 am Post subject: Dialup?! |
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Dial-up? Sorry about that! I have DSL so things run smoothly (unless of course I get weird download problems like this!)
Jonathan |
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