Re: Gentoo emerge sync error


Subject: Re: Gentoo emerge sync error
From: Troy Melhase (troy@gci.net)
Date: Wed Oct 08 2003 - 09:10:24 AKDT


On Wednesday 08 October 2003 09:02, Tim Jordan, Network Services wrote:
> I wanted to update my Mplayer because of the security issues.
> Any advice on how to approach this?
> Tim

Hi Tim:

I would delete everything from /usr/portage/distfiles/ and /var/tmp/portage
and then run "emerge sync" again.

If you're on a slow connection, you might consider just deleting the mplayer
and related items from those directories.

-- 
Troy Melhase, troy@gci.net
--
Simplicity does not precede complexity, but follows it.

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