{'description': {'en': 'Official Gentoo ebuild repository'},
 'feed': ['https://cgit.gentoo.org/repo/gentoo.git/atom/'],
 'homepage': 'https://gentoo.org/',
 'name': 'gentoo',
 'owner': [{'email': 'bug-wranglers@gentoo.org', 'type': 'project'}],
 'quality': 'core',
 'source': [{'type': 'rsync', 'uri': 'rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage'},
            {'type': 'git',
             'uri': 'https://anongit.gentoo.org/git/repo/gentoo.git'},
            {'type': 'git', 'uri': 'git://anongit.gentoo.org/repo/gentoo.git'},
            {'type': 'git',
             'uri': 'git+ssh://git@git.gentoo.org/repo/gentoo.git'}],
 'status': 'official'}
pkgcore 0.12.16

$ pmaint --config /var/lib/repo-mirror-ci/data-sync/etc/portage sync gentoo
ERROR:pkgcore:Cannot write cache for /var/cache/pkgcore/plugincache: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/var/cache/pkgcore/.update.plugincache'. Try running pplugincache.
*** syncing gentoo
From https://anongit.gentoo.org/git/repo/gentoo
   e912502aeaa..141c29e6e6a  master     -> origin/master
You are not currently on a branch.
Please specify which branch you want to merge with.
See git-pull(1) for details.

    git pull <remote> <branch>

!!! failed syncing gentoo
 * Sync failed with 1
 * Will try to re-create
$ pmaint --config /var/lib/repo-mirror-ci/data-sync/etc/portage sync gentoo
ERROR:pkgcore:Cannot write cache for /var/cache/pkgcore/plugincache: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/var/cache/pkgcore/.update.plugincache'. Try running pplugincache.
*** syncing gentoo
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*** synced gentoo
 * Sync succeeded after re-adding
$ git log --format=%ci -1
$ git show -q --pretty=format:%G? HEAD
$ pmaint --config /var/lib/repo-mirror-ci/data/etc/portage regen --use-local-desc --pkg-desc-index -t 32 gentoo
ERROR:pkgcore:Cannot write cache for /var/cache/pkgcore/plugincache: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/var/cache/pkgcore/.update.plugincache'. Try running pplugincache.
 * Cache regenerated successfully