Re: [gentoo-user] --sync

[Dale <rdalek1967@gmail.com>]

n952162 wrote:
> I've been running gentoo for years now, and every time I go to --sync,
> it's really a painful process.
>
> The process can take *very* before you find out if it succeeded or not.
>
> I try different repos.conf servers - one works for a while, then
> doesn't, then later, the new one doesn't work anymore and the old one
> works again.
>
> I've asked here about it multiple times and get the answers
>
> - "I don't have a problem"
>
> - "just change the server"
>
> - "keep trying"
>
> It can take several hours before it finally works
>
> It seems like a time-out problem.  Or maybe a memory problem ... In any
> case, it doesn't seem like it ought to be difficult to at least know
> what the problem is.
>
> Or?
>
>
>

This wiki page and mirrorselect may help.

https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Mirrorselect

I think this is the command I use to get the best server to sync with. 
You may want to make a backup of make.conf first, just in case.

mirrorselect -D -s4

One of those should help some unless you have a internet connection
problem.  If you have problems with multiple servers, it could be a
connection problem and you may figure that out.  It tests by downloading
a file.  If it fails on most or all servers, connection problem.  If it
works on most, just a bad server(s) most likely. 

Hope that helps.

Dale

:-)  :-)