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-rw-r--r--cnf/repo.postsync.d/example19
-rw-r--r--man/egencache.19
3 files changed, 43 insertions, 29 deletions
diff --git a/bin/egencache b/bin/egencache
index 532e37f20..4ee63edad 100755
--- a/bin/egencache
+++ b/bin/egencache
@@ -107,6 +107,9 @@ def parse_args(args):
common.add_argument("--config-root",
help="location of portage config files",
dest="portage_configroot")
+ common.add_argument("--external-cache-only",
+ action="store_true",
+ help="Output only to the external cache (not the repository itself)")
common.add_argument("--gpg-dir",
help="override the PORTAGE_GPG_DIR variable",
dest="gpg_dir")
@@ -246,7 +249,7 @@ def parse_args(args):
class GenCache:
def __init__(self, portdb, cp_iter=None, max_jobs=None, max_load=None,
- rsync=False):
+ rsync=False, external_cache_only=False):
# The caller must set portdb.porttrees in order to constrain
# findname, cp_list, and cpv_list to the desired tree.
tree = portdb.porttrees[0]
@@ -263,18 +266,21 @@ class GenCache:
else:
self._cp_set = None
self._cp_missing = set()
- write_auxdb = "metadata-transfer" in portdb.settings.features
+ write_auxdb = external_cache_only or "metadata-transfer" in portdb.settings.features
self._regen = MetadataRegen(portdb, cp_iter=cp_iter,
consumer=self._metadata_callback,
max_jobs=max_jobs, max_load=max_load,
write_auxdb=write_auxdb, main=True)
self.returncode = os.EX_OK
conf = portdb.repositories.get_repo_for_location(tree)
- self._trg_caches = tuple(conf.iter_pregenerated_caches(
- self._auxdbkeys, force=True, readonly=False))
- if not self._trg_caches:
- raise Exception("cache formats '%s' aren't supported" %
- (" ".join(conf.cache_formats),))
+ if external_cache_only:
+ self._trg_caches = ()
+ else:
+ self._trg_caches = tuple(conf.iter_pregenerated_caches(
+ self._auxdbkeys, force=True, readonly=False))
+ if not self._trg_caches:
+ raise Exception("cache formats '%s' aren't supported" %
+ (" ".join(conf.cache_formats),))
if rsync:
for trg_cache in self._trg_caches:
@@ -1092,7 +1098,8 @@ def egencache_main(args):
gen_cache = GenCache(portdb, cp_iter=cp_iter,
max_jobs=options.jobs,
max_load=options.load_average,
- rsync=options.rsync)
+ rsync=options.rsync,
+ external_cache_only=options.external_cache_only)
gen_cache.run()
if options.tolerant:
ret.append(os.EX_OK)
@@ -1100,20 +1107,21 @@ def egencache_main(args):
ret.append(gen_cache.returncode)
if options.update_pkg_desc_index:
- if repo_config.writable:
+ if not options.external_cache_only and repo_config.writable:
writable_location = repo_config.location
else:
writable_location = os.path.join(portdb.depcachedir,
repo_config.location.lstrip(os.sep))
- msg = [
- "WARNING: Repository is not writable: %s" % (
- repo_config.location,),
- " Using cache directory instead: %s" % (
- writable_location,)
- ]
- msg = "".join(line + '\n' for line in msg)
- writemsg_level(msg,
- level=logging.WARNING, noiselevel=-1)
+ if not options.external_cache_only:
+ msg = [
+ "WARNING: Repository is not writable: %s" % (
+ repo_config.location,),
+ " Using cache directory instead: %s" % (
+ writable_location,)
+ ]
+ msg = "".join(line + '\n' for line in msg)
+ writemsg_level(msg,
+ level=logging.WARNING, noiselevel=-1)
gen_index = GenPkgDescIndex(repo_config, portdb, os.path.join(
writable_location, "metadata", "pkg_desc_index"),
diff --git a/cnf/repo.postsync.d/example b/cnf/repo.postsync.d/example
index d1e385c11..f7c6f5092 100644
--- a/cnf/repo.postsync.d/example
+++ b/cnf/repo.postsync.d/example
@@ -46,17 +46,16 @@ if [ -n "${repository_name}" ]; then
fi
fi
- # Regenerate the metadata/pkg_desc_index file if needed. It's not
+ # Regenerate the metadata/pkg_desc_index file. This is not
# needed for https://gitweb.gentoo.org/repo/sync/gentoo.git which
- # provides a freshly generated copy.
- if [[ ! -e ${repository_path}/metadata/pkg_desc_index || (
- -d ${repository_path}/metadata/md5-cache &&
- -n $(find "${repository_path}/metadata/md5-cache" -type f -newer "${repository_path}/metadata/pkg_desc_index" -print -quit) ) ]]; then
- if ! egencache --update-pkg-desc-index --repo="${repository_name}" ${PORTAGE_VERBOSE+--verbose}
- then
- echo "!!! egencache failed!"
- ret=1
- fi
+ # provides a freshly generated copy. The --external-cache-only
+ # option causes the metadata/pkg_desc_index file to be written under
+ # /var/cache/edb/dep instead of the repository itself, so that it
+ # does not interfere with repository verification.
+ if ! egencache --update-pkg-desc-index --external-cache-only --repo="${repository_name}" ${PORTAGE_VERBOSE+--verbose}
+ then
+ echo "!!! egencache failed!"
+ ret=1
fi
fi
diff --git a/man/egencache.1 b/man/egencache.1
index ae7370e21..79c1c3159 100644
--- a/man/egencache.1
+++ b/man/egencache.1
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.TH "EGENCACHE" "1" "Dec 2015" "Portage VERSION" "Portage"
+.TH "EGENCACHE" "1" "Sep 2020" "Portage VERSION" "Portage"
.SH "NAME"
egencache \- generate metadata cache for ebuild repositories
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
@@ -55,6 +55,13 @@ Location of portage config files.
.br
Defaults to /.
.TP
+.BR "\-\-external\-cache\-only"
+Output to the external cache rather than to the repository itself.
+This is useful for client\-side usage, where it may not be possible to
+output to the repository itself since that would interfere with
+repository verification. This option is supported by the \-\-update and
+\-\-update\-pkg\-desc\-index actions.
+.TP
.BR "\-\-gpg\-dir"
Override the PORTAGE_GPG_DIR variable.
.TP