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PostPosted: Sun Sep 08, 2013 2:22 pm    Post subject: Repository 'x-portage' is missing ? Reply with quote

This is new after I did an update.
Do I need to create this file '/usr/local/portage/metadata/layout.conf' and add masters = gentoo

!!! Repository 'x-portage' is missing masters attribute in '/usr/local/portage/metadata/layout.conf'
!!! Set 'masters = gentoo' in this file for future compatibility
Calculating dependencies |... done!

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PostPosted: Sun Sep 08, 2013 7:35 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Ditto here. I started seeing this during routine weekly updates today (Sunday 2013_09_08). All my 32 bit machines are saying this; the 64 bit ones are not. What is this all about?
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PostPosted: Sun Sep 08, 2013 9:47 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Well, all my machines, 64 bit included, are doing this. It's some feature in the latest portage, but I have no idea what it is for. It is very annoying and makes it more difficult to see errors though.
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PostPosted: Sun Sep 08, 2013 11:41 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I created the file adding one line with:
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masters = gentoo

and the error went away.

I hope that's good.
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PostPosted: Mon Sep 09, 2013 12:30 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

figueroa wrote:
I created the file adding one line with:
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masters = gentoo

and the error went away.

I hope that's good.


thanks for the line.

that fixed it for me .
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PostPosted: Mon Sep 09, 2013 4:14 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I do not want to just "fix it"; I want to know what it is all about -- what is the reason for this -- why is this suddenly necessary, and what happens if I do not "fix it". :o
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PostPosted: Mon Sep 09, 2013 7:58 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Why cannot this be set automatically by overlays?
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PostPosted: Mon Sep 09, 2013 9:55 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I'd like to know why it's looking in /usr/local/portage/metadata instead of /usr/portage/metadata which is where layout.conf actually lives.
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PostPosted: Tue Sep 10, 2013 5:11 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Every overlay has to now have a layout.conf. Portage use to ASSUME a default of gentoo if it was not specified. But now it is required for every repository.

Please notify the maintainers of all your overlays that do not yet include a layout.conf.

Also layman can not specify one for you if it is not there, that is a bug in the repository not meeting the package manager's requirements, not layman.

There have been a number of recent portage changes that is that have affected many of the apps that I code for, putting them all behind trying to keep up.
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PostPosted: Wed Sep 11, 2013 8:15 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

dol-sen wrote:
Every overlay has to now have a layout.conf. Portage use to ASSUME a default of gentoo if it was not specified. But now it is required for every repository.

Please notify the maintainers of all your overlays that do not yet include a layout.conf.

Also layman can not specify one for you if it is not there, that is a bug in the repository not meeting the package manager's requirements, not layman.

There have been a number of recent portage changes that is that have affected many of the apps that I code for, putting them all behind trying to keep up.


Code:
# equery l awstats
!!! Repository 'x-portage' is missing masters attribute in '/usr/local/portage/metadata/layout.conf'
!!! Set 'masters = gentoo' in this file for future compatibility
!!! Repository 'x-portage' is missing masters attribute in '/usr/local/portage/metadata/layout.conf'
!!! Set 'masters = gentoo' in this file for future compatibility
!!! Repository 'x-portage' is missing masters attribute in '/usr/local/portage/metadata/layout.conf'
!!! Set 'masters = gentoo' in this file for future compatibility
 * Searching for awstats ...



I hesitate to say this since you devs are the mainstay of gentoo... but, you are kidding, right? :roll: So just to be certain:
since the last portage update, something has changed in the way that portage handles overlays and as a result it is felt that it is the responsibility of *end-users* to "notify the maintainers of all your overlays" that something has changed (in portage) and that they should now include ?'layout.conf' in their packages?

Shouldn't that be the responsibility of whoever updated portage?
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PostPosted: Wed Sep 11, 2013 8:26 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

or apparently we need to update the kernel...
https://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-969652.html
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PostPosted: Wed Sep 11, 2013 11:41 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

huuan wrote:
dol-sen wrote:
Every overlay has to now have a layout.conf. Portage use to ASSUME a default of gentoo if it was not specified. But now it is required for every repository.

Please notify the maintainers of all your overlays that do not yet include a layout.conf.

Also layman can not specify one for you if it is not there, that is a bug in the repository not meeting the package manager's requirements, not layman.

There have been a number of recent portage changes that is that have affected many of the apps that I code for, putting them all behind trying to keep up.


Code:
# equery l awstats
!!! Repository 'x-portage' is missing masters attribute in '/usr/local/portage/metadata/layout.conf'
!!! Set 'masters = gentoo' in this file for future compatibility
!!! Repository 'x-portage' is missing masters attribute in '/usr/local/portage/metadata/layout.conf'
!!! Set 'masters = gentoo' in this file for future compatibility
!!! Repository 'x-portage' is missing masters attribute in '/usr/local/portage/metadata/layout.conf'
!!! Set 'masters = gentoo' in this file for future compatibility
 * Searching for awstats ...



I hesitate to say this since you devs are the mainstay of gentoo... but, you are kidding, right? :roll: So just to be certain:
since the last portage update, something has changed in the way that portage handles overlays and as a result it is felt that it is the responsibility of *end-users* to "notify the maintainers of all your overlays" that something has changed (in portage) and that they should now include ?'layout.conf' in their packages?

Shouldn't that be the responsibility of whoever updated portage?


Aren't overlays unofficial? Wouldn't that make it the overlay maintainer's responsibility to keep up with Gentoo updates?
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PostPosted: Thu Sep 12, 2013 1:41 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

That makes sense.
I don't know enough about portage to understand why portage can't run a script to add whatever is needed. Perhaps it can but it should be as you say the responsibility of the overlay maintainer. I stand corrected.
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PostPosted: Thu Sep 12, 2013 9:30 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

TheCubeIsALie wrote:
Aren't overlays unofficial? Wouldn't that make it the overlay maintainer's responsibility to keep up with Gentoo updates?

It's a single line of effort on overlay maintainers' part, and has been detailed in the Gentoo Package Manager Specification for years. The only change here is Portage becoming less sloppy about adhering to its own standards. Other PMs already aren't as lenient.

Would you be fine with people writing websites that only worked right in one outdated browser?
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PostPosted: Thu Sep 12, 2013 9:59 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Ant P. wrote:
has been detailed in the Gentoo Package Manager Specification for years.

layout.conf is not mentioned in pms and AFAIK is a portage-only thing. Moreover, the particular masters attribute is rather new.
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PostPosted: Fri Sep 13, 2013 4:06 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

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Would you be fine with people writing websites that only worked right in one outdated browser?


I'm not happy with it, but it certainly happens all the time. Many government sites, especially state ones, require an outdated and insecure version of Internet Explorer. :evil:
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PostPosted: Fri Sep 13, 2013 2:34 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

mv wrote:
Ant P. wrote:
has been detailed in the Gentoo Package Manager Specification for years.

layout.conf is not mentioned in pms and AFAIK is a portage-only thing. Moreover, the particular masters attribute is rather new.

I take that back, I was getting it confused with the repo_name file.

Though the fact it's not specified doesn't help matters.
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PostPosted: Sat Sep 14, 2013 11:15 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

dol-sen wrote:
Every overlay has to now have a layout.conf. Portage use to ASSUME a default of gentoo if it was not specified. But now it is required for every repository.
Please notify the maintainers of all your overlays that do not yet include a layout.conf.
Also layman can not specify one for you if it is not there, that is a bug in the repository not meeting the package manager's requirements, not layman.
There have been a number of recent portage changes that is that have affected many of the apps that I code for, putting them all behind trying to keep up.


That's all fine, but the error seems to be on a repository named "x-portage". Now, I definitely have not installed such overlay, so the source of the problem is not there. Then the question is, what is "x-portage" exactly?
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PostPosted: Sat Sep 14, 2013 4:25 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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That's all fine, but the error seems to be on a repository named "x-portage". Now, I definitely have not installed such overlay, so the source of the problem is not there. Then the question is, what is "x-portage" exactly?


Check if you have defined PORTDIR_OVERLAY in make.conf, in that case you have to add layout.conf to your local overlay.
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PostPosted: Sat Sep 14, 2013 4:28 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I do have PORTDIR_OVERLAY defined in make.conf, but I also have
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source /var/lib/layman/make.conf
in there too. Incidentally, the only overlay I use has the masters correctly defined in layout.conf.
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PostPosted: Sat Sep 14, 2013 6:40 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

paraw wrote:
Then the question is, what is "x-portage" exactly?

It assumes that from /usr/local/portage/ if you don't have a repo_name file.
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PostPosted: Sat Sep 14, 2013 6:50 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

OK, the only overlay I have is the steam overlay. If I
Code:
cat /var/lib/layman/steam/profiles/repo_name
I get
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steam-overlay
This suggests that the repo_name file is there and it has the correct content...
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PostPosted: Sat Sep 14, 2013 9:28 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Well then... I have no idea what portage is doing in that case.
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PostPosted: Thu Sep 19, 2013 4:19 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I ran into this and had to copy /usr/portage/metadata/layout.conf to a new metadata directory in my /usr/local/portage overlay.

So portage 2.2 goes stable...I have to search to figure out these errors...apparently the ebuilds in my overlay need to be addressed as they're causing all sorts of errors. Luckily there are none I need desperately for now, so I just moved them out of there until I can sort it out...and not so much as a news item about 2.2 going stable?...really??

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PostPosted: Tue Oct 22, 2013 4:51 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Code:
layman --sync-all


this should up all your overlays and remove the error
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