* Re: [gentoo-dev] rsync & /usr/portage/metadata/cache
@ 2003-08-23 15:12 99% ` Jason Stubbs
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From: Jason Stubbs @ 2003-08-23 15:12 UTC (permalink / raw
To: gentoo-dev
On Saturday 23 August 2003 22:51, Josep Sanjuas wrote:
> If /usr/portage/metadata/cache is really a cache, shouldn't it be generated
> by the local protage instead of being tranferred in rsyncs? I'm sure I'm
> missing something here, because obviusly this dir shouldn't be rsyncd if
> not necessary (it contains about 10000 files).
>
> What's the reason why it can't be generated locally as ebuilds get parsed
> by portage.py?
Good question! I can't answer it, though...
I just want to add one question. Changes to ebuilds seem to take effect
straight away. So, when is /usr/portage/metadata/* used?
Jason
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