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diff --git a/metadata/news/2018-03-13-portage-rsync-verification-unstable/2018-03-13-portage-rsync-verification-unstable.en.txt b/metadata/news/2018-03-13-portage-rsync-verification-unstable/2018-03-13-portage-rsync-verification-unstable.en.txt deleted file mode 100644 index 9f96f2719235..000000000000 --- a/metadata/news/2018-03-13-portage-rsync-verification-unstable/2018-03-13-portage-rsync-verification-unstable.en.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,46 +0,0 @@ -Title: Portage rsync tree verification unstable -Author: Zac Medico <zmedico@gentoo.org> -Posted: 2018-03-13 -Revision: 1 -News-Item-Format: 2.0 -Display-If-Installed: sys-apps/portage - -Portage rsync tree verification is being temporarily turned off by -default, starting with sys-apps/portage-2.3.24. This permits -stabilization of sys-apps/portage-2.3.24 while still working on bugs -relating to tree verification [1]: deadlocks [2] & key fetching [3]. - -If users wish to enable the 'rsync-verify' USE flag for sys-apps/portage, -they need to follow these steps: - -1) In order to unmask the 'rsync-verify' USE flag, create a file named -/etc/portage/profile/package.use.mask containing a line like the -following: - - sys-apps/portage -rsync-verify - -2) Once the 'rsync-verify' USE flag has been unmasked as described -in step 1, it can be enabled with a line like the following in -/etc/portage/package.use: - - sys-apps/portage rsync-verify - -3) After the configuration changes in steps 1 and 2 have been made, run -the following command: - - emerge --oneshot --newuse '>=sys-apps/portage-2.3.24' - -After all above steps are successfully completed, a line like the -following should appear in the emerge --info output for the gentoo -repository: - - sync-rsync-verify-metamanifest: yes - -If you wish to disable it for some reason, you can set -'sync-rsync-verify-metamanifest = no' in your repos.conf. - -[1] https://bugs.gentoo.org/650144 sys-apps/portage: [TRACKER] issues - related to 'rsync-verify' USE flag -[2] https://bugs.gentoo.org/647964 app-portage/gemato-11.2: deadlock? -[3] https://bugs.gentoo.org/649276 sys-apps/portage: gpg key refresh - needs exponential backoff with jitter |