portage-2.2: emerge-webrsync and empty directory

[unknown2]

has anyone tried the "emerge-webrsync" on a empty directory for portage-2.2?

in my config, the path is '/custom/tmp/portage/tree'


initially, the directory do not exist

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sudo emerge-webrsync
Password: 
!!! Invalid PORTDIR_OVERLAY (not a dir): '/custom/tmp/portage/tree'
!!! Section 'gentoo' in repos.conf has location attribute set to nonexistent directory: '/custom/tmp/portage/tree'
!!! main-repo not set in DEFAULT and PORTDIR is empty.
emerge-webrsync: error: Repository 'gentoo' not found

in previous version of portage, "emerge-webrsync" will create a directory automatically...

ok, so i "mkdir -p '/custom/tmp/portage/tree'", and retry

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$ sudo emerge-webrsync
!!! Section 'gentoo' in repos.conf refers to repository without repository name set in '/custom/tmp/portage/tree/profiles/repo_name'
emerge-webrsync: error: Repository 'gentoo' not found

it still does not work

Do anyone has some idea on this?


here is my config file

/etc/portage/make.conf

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# These settings were set by the catalyst build script that automatically
# built this stage.
# Please consult /usr/share/portage/config/make.conf.example for a more
# detailed example.

CFLAGS="-O2 -pipe -fuse-linker-plugin -march=native -ftree-vectorize"
CXXFLAGS="${CFLAGS}"

# WARNING: Changing your CHOST is not something that should be done lightly.
# Please consult http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/change-chost.xml before changing.
CHOST="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu"
# These are the USE flags that were used in addition to what is provided by the
# profile used for building.

USE_FLAG_CPU="3dnow 3dnowext avx mmx mmxext sse sse2 sse3 ssse3"
USE_FLAG_X="cairo dga flac gtk opengl mpeg pango qt4 vdpau X xft xv"
USE_FLAG_MULTIMEDIA="alsa openal cdda dvd exif lcms sdl"
USE_FLAG_MULTIMEDIA_CODEC="a52 aac dts mp3 ogg opus xvid x264 vorbis"
USE_FLAG_FILE_TYPE="gif jpeg jpg mng pdf png svg tiff"
USE_FLAG_SYSTEM="acl bluetooth caps custom-optimization cjk consolekit dbus gnutls nptl tcl ipv6 lzma lzo openmp pam policykit smp threads truetype wifi sasl ssl udev udisks unicode usb xattr xml"
USE_FLAG_MISC="icu spell libnotify startup-notification thunar"
USE_FLAG_EXCLUDE="-branding -multilib -pulseaudio -gcj -gnome -kde "

USE=" ${USE_FLAG_CPU}\
 ${USE_FLAG_X} \
 ${USE_FLAG_MULTIMEDIA} \
 ${USE_FLAG_MULTIMEDIA_CODEC} \
 ${USE_FLAG_FILE_TYPE} \
 ${USE_FLAG_SYSTEM} \
 ${USE_FLAG_MISC} \
 ${USE_FLAG_EXCLUDE}
 "

MAKEOPTS="-j16"
PORTAGE_NICENESS=19
ACCEPT_LICENSE="*"
FEATURES="parallel-fetch parallel-install userfetch userpriv usersync usersandbox webrsync-gpg"
GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://gentoo.aditsu.net"

#Xorg
INPUT_DEVICES="evdev"
VIDEO_CARDS="intel r600 radeon vesa"

#secure webrsync
PORTAGE_GPG_DIR="$ZGPG_HOMES/portage"
#SYNC="rsync://rsync.us.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage
SYNC=""

#directory setting
#documentation: http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-amd64.xml?part=3&chap=1
ROOT="/"
PORTDIR="/custom/tmp/portage/tree"
PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/custom/tmp/portage/tmp"
DISTDIR="/custom/tmp/portage/distfiles"
PKGDIR="/custom/tmp/portage/packages"
PORT_LOGDIR="/custom/tmp/portage/zlog"
#PORTDIR_OVERLAY=/usr/local/portage

and this one "/etc/portage/repos.conf/gentoo.conf" is generated automatically during portage upgrade, i have no idea why i need this file and how i config this

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[DEFAULT]
main-repo = gentoo

[gentoo]
location = /custom/tmp/portage/tree
sync-type = rsync
sync-uri = rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage

[TheCubeIsALie]

In my normal portage tree, "/usr/portage/profiles/repo_name" contains just the word "gentoo" in it.
I suppose you should create the file "/custom/tmp/portage/tree/profiles/repo_name" and make it only contain the word gentoo.

[Josef.95]

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ok, so i "mkdir -p '/custom/tmp/portage/tree'", and retry

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$ sudo emerge-webrsync
!!! Section 'gentoo' in repos.conf refers to repository without repository name set in '/custom/tmp/portage/tree/profiles/repo_name'
emerge-webrsync: error: Repository 'gentoo' not found

it still does not work :!:

Do anyone has some idea on this?
[....]

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mkdir -p /custom/tmp/portage/tree/profiles
echo "gentoo" > /custom/tmp/portage/tree/profiles/repo_name
chown -R portage:portage /custom/tmp/portage/

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emerge-webrsync

should work.

/edit:
Ah, TheCubeIsALie was faster :)

[unknown2]

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ok, so i "mkdir -p '/custom/tmp/portage/tree'", and retry

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$ sudo emerge-webrsync
!!! Section 'gentoo' in repos.conf refers to repository without repository name set in '/custom/tmp/portage/tree/profiles/repo_name'
emerge-webrsync: error: Repository 'gentoo' not found

it still does not work

Do anyone has some idea on this?
[....]

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mkdir -p /custom/tmp/portage/tree/profiles
echo "gentoo" > /custom/tmp/portage/tree/profiles/repo_name
chown -R portage:portage /custom/tmp/portage/

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emerge-webrsync

should work.

/edit:
Ah, TheCubeIsALie was faster

thx, it works.

shall i submit a bug report to gentoo developers? as i think gentoo handboom part 1b wil be broken if non-existing/empty directory do not works

[unknown2]

shall i submit a bug report to gentoo developers? as i think gentoo handboom part 1b wil be broken if non-existing/empty directory do not works

i raise a report https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=484950 , but i do not know whether they will consider it as a bug

[statikregimen]

Just had this same issue on a stock/default install following the manual. This is only my second time through a Gentoo install, so I am a newbie (last time was >2 years ago so learning from scratch, basically).

That said, I didn't catch on right away, but the above solution works with a tweak. Had to create the file (and directories) /usr/portage/profiles/repo_name and drop the word gentoo in it.... I was really confused at first by the solution listed above, until I realized the obvious path difference

Something like this:

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mkdir -p /usr/portage/profiles 
echo "gentoo" > /usr/portage/profiles/repo_name

This...uh.. should probably be mentioned in the manual? Or is it a bug? I do not know, but I've been following the manual to the letter and do not see where I could have missed a step and this would be a serious setback to other fellow newbies. Rolling, now though! Cheers.

EDIT: replied here, because it is the top google result when you search for the error message in quotes and only one I found actually semi-related to my issue.... I'm sure to not be the last to encounter this...

[kurly]

A newer version of Portage (2.2.7 vs 2.2.1, as of time of this writing) is being rush-stabilized primarily to fix this exact bug. If this were an intended change in behavior, you're right, it would make sense to update the documentation. But it was unintended (a regression) and the fix is already available on ~arch and will be in arch (and thus the stage3 tarballs) hopefully very soon.

Hope this helps.

[statikregimen]

Ah, very good; thank you!

[666threesixes666]

emerge --sync worked regardless the error for me, just rebuilt the laptops gentoo from scratch