On Wednesday 29 April 2009 20:18:56 Nikos Chantziaras wrote: > Andrew Gaydenko wrote: > > Say, I see here > > > > http://packages.gentoo.org/feed/arch/amd64 > > > > some packages I'm interested in were updated. I think - OK, let's start > > eix-sync! But - nothing new there... I try an hour later... > > > > I see, there is some time lag somewhere. Is there a way to see really > > available portage updates? > > Portage got updated but the mirror you're using is not synced yet. > > And what's the "gentoo-netiquette" in the subject about?
He read "Do not sync more than once in 24 hours" in the motd and decided that of course only applied to everyone else, and not to him.... Andrew, exercise some patience and wait a day for your mirror to sync. It can take a day or two or three. Now, if you have a brazillion bucks to throw at the problem we can pay the mirror sites enough dosh so they can buy nearly infinite bandwidth and make it much shorter. You say you don't have a brazillion bucks? Well, me neither but my employer still has to pay the bandwidth for the gentoo mirror I run. So the UK mirror I sync from gets their stuff a day after gentoo.org, and I get mine from the UK a day after that. -- alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com
