/etc/portage/binrepos.conf is missing ?

cwc · Last edited by cwc on Tue Mar 26, 2024 6:52 pm; edited 1 time in total

I am updating to profile 46 on one of my two gentoo systems.
I do not have a binrepos.conf in either.

Here is my output:
qed /etc/portage # emerge --ask --oneshot --getbinpkg sys-devel/gcc
!!! /etc/portage/binrepos.conf is missing (or PORTAGE_BINHOST is unset), but use is requested.

!!! /etc/portage/binrepos.conf is missing (or PORTAGE_BINHOST is unset), but use is requested.

Should I be concerned?
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pietinger · Posted: Mon Mar 25, 2024 4:40 pm Post subject:

I don't have /binrepos.conf either ... because I don't load binary packages ... that's why I have/had to omit the --getbinpkg parameter. This means that with my "emerge -e @world" I have all packages built from the sources.

If you want binary packages, you need the configuration for this.
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eeckwrk99

Nothing to worry about, the warning message is displayed because you're trying to use --getbinpkg despite not having any mirror for binary packages configured in /etc/portage/binrepos.conf. This file doesn't exist by default, at least on my two installs. I had to create it manually on one of them because I wanted to use binary packages.

cwc · Posted: Mon Mar 25, 2024 6:06 pm Post subject:

thank you!
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