vemerge: No package digest file found [solved]

[thinking]

hi@ll

currently i try to install some packages on my vserver
i followed the gentoo vserver howto as best as possible
first

vesync myguest
skipping sync

>>> Updating Portage cache: 100%



* An update to portage is available. It is _highly_ recommended
* that you update portage now, before any other packages are updated.
* Please do so and then update ALL of your configuration files.

after this i tried

vemerge myguest -- portage
Calculating dependencies ...done!
>>> emerge (1 of 13) sys-apps/sandbox-1.2.17 to /
!!! No package digest file found: /usr/portage/sys-apps/sandbox/files/digest-sandbox-1.2.17
!!! Type "ebuild foo.ebuild digest" to generate it.

i get the digest error message for every package i try to install (vemerge) on my guest server
i'm not sure how to handle this cause i didn't find any related info on this problem
so the question is: how can i solve this and install packages on my guest system?

thx@ll

edit:
i'm not sure what the problem is, but i think my guest gentoo image is a bit outdated
i currently do

cd /usr/portage
find -name "*.ebuild" -exec ebuild {} digest \;

on the host and emerging within my guest image now seems working
hope the digest's don't make troubles on my host

[moocha]

Or, you could simply run

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emerge --digest category/packagename

which will automatically and forcibly regenerate the digests for you.
But the main problem seems to be that the tool you're using to update the tree doesn't sync: skipping sync That doesn't look good.

[Conan]

The problem exists because you have a much older version of portage on your vserver than on your host. New versions of portage delete digests on sync as they use manifests instead. The old version looks for files that do not exist and explodes.

[thinking]

@conan
well it seems so

@moocha
thx for your "emerge" hint

solution:
i solved the problem using this
1. on my host: emerge --sync
2. on my guest: vesync myguest
3. on my guest: vemerge myguest -- portage
now i get a error message concerning a packaged needed for portage as described above
4. on my host: emerge --digest <package>
5. on my guest: emerge myguest -- portage
now the package installs and the next dependency claims about digest problems, so continue with step 4

my "find /usr/portage ..." solution didnt work
don't know why, but i think there has also been a version problem
i got a similary digest error message claiming about a temporary problem, but the "solution" finally worked

thx@ll