Re: [gentoo-user] Regenerate portage cache from scratch following a big toe crash?

[Dale <rdalek1967@gmail.com>]

Mark Knecht wrote:
> OK, this is too funny. I'm sitting here in the dark browsing around on
> my home machine while I'm doing an eix-sync. I have my legs crossed,
> sitting in my chair that swivels, and guess what...my big toe is at
> __exactly__ the height of the main power button on my APC UPS, and
> darn if I don't hit it and power is gone!
>
> The machine booted and came back up with no obvious problems but when
> I tried to continue with the eix-sync I get some pretty messed up
> messages, ala:
>
> Can't read cache file
> /usr/portage/metadata/cache/x11-libs/pixman-0.18.4: Success
>       Reading category 146|154 ( 94%): x11-libs ..
> Can't read cache file
> /usr/portage/metadata/cache/x11-libs/pixman-0.18.4: Success
>       Reading category 146|154 ( 94%): x11-libs ..
> Can't read cache file
> /usr/portage/metadata/cache/x11-libs/pixman-0.18.4: Success
>       Reading category 146|154 ( 94%): x11-libs ..
> Can't read cache file
> /usr/portage/metadata/cache/x11-libs/pixman-0.18.4: Success
>       Reading category 146|154 ( 94%): x11-libs ..
> Can't read cache file
> /usr/portage/metadata/cache/x11-libs/pixman-0.18.4: Success
>       Reading category 154|154 (100%) Finished
>
> I tried removing the timestamp file to get it to sync again but that
> didn't fix it.
>
> How does a big-toe guy regenerate the database emerge --sync normally
> keeps for my machine?
>
> Too funny! (Hey - at least I provided a laugh I hope!) :-)))
>
> - Mark
>
>    

I think this will help:

emerge-webrsync

That should download the complete tree.  It will be a pretty good size 
file tho just in case you have dial-up or some other slow connection.

Dale

:-)  :-)

P. S.  Careful with the toe next time.  lol