# repo sync fails on docker WSL2 from Windows **URL:** \ **Category:** Linux\ **Tags:** 2, docker, imx6ul, dey-3, repo\ **Created:** [September 16, 2021, 10:26am UTC](https://forums.digi.com/t/repo-sync-fails-on-docker-wsl2-from-windows/22666 "2021-09-16T10:26:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![vitirover](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/f6c823/32.png) [@vitirover](https://forums.digi.com/u/vitirover)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2021, 10:26am UTC](https://forums.digi.com/t/repo-sync-fails-on-docker-wsl2-from-windows/22666/1 "2021-09-16T10:26:41Z")
Hi, So we are currently using a Virtualbox VM for Yocto, but the new possibility for use Docker with WSL2 could increase performance, so we are trying to compile our yocto meta-layer using the new docker method. I am following this documentation : [https://www.digi.com/resources/documentation/digidocs/embedded/dey/3.2/cc6ul/yocto\_t\_set-up-docker-windows](https://www.digi.com/resources/documentation/digidocs/embedded/dey/3.2/cc6ul/yocto_t_set-up-docker-windows) The first problem was that Docker Desktop shows a advice against using directly windows filesystem volumes because there is poor performance and no “inotify events”, see [https://docs.docker.com/desktop/windows/wsl/](https://docs.docker.com/desktop/windows/wsl/) I had some “permissions denied” errors on bitbake, so I tried again using directly a docker linux volume (using docker desktop volume tab). Do you recommend using a WSL2 volume instead of a Windows volume ? It seems to be the “best practice” on Docker Desktop doc. The second problem is about repo sync. This command line : dey@b53778495448: repo sync -j 4 gets this : remote: Enumerating objects: 1, done. remote: Counting objects: 100% (1/1), done. remote: Total 1 (delta 0), reused 1 (delta 0), pack-reused 0 Unpacking objects: 100% (1/1), done. Fetching: 100% (12/12), done in 13.178s Garbage collecting: 100% (12/12), done in 0.070s info: A new version of repo is available warning: repo is not tracking a remote branch, so it will not receive updates repo reset: error: Entry ‘command.py’ not uptodate. Cannot merge. fatal: Could not reset index file to revision ‘v2.16.7^0’. It looks like the docker image is not up to date and cannot update because on ‘command.py’, which is a repo file. Is this error important ? How to fix this ? I want to be sure that the version I build is up to date. Have a good day, Mathieu Galle, Vitirover ---
**Author:** ![LeonidM](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d26b3c/32.png) [@LeonidM](https://forums.digi.com/u/LeonidM)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2021, 4:28pm UTC](https://forums.digi.com/t/repo-sync-fails-on-docker-wsl2-from-windows/22666/2 "2021-09-19T16:28:42Z")
\>Do you recommend using a WSL2 volume instead of a Windows volume ? Yes. \>The second problem is about repo sync. This command line Just tried it here and it seems to work. Are you sure you have network access? dey@b5297259bb52:~$ uname -a Linux b5297259bb52 5.10.16.3-microsoft-standard-WSL2 #1 SMP Fri Apr 2 22:23:49 UTC 2021 x86\_64 x86\_64 x86\_64 GNU/Linux dey@b5297259bb52:~$ cd /usr/local/dey-3.2/ dey@b5297259bb52:/usr/local/dey-3.2$ repo init -u [https://github.com/digi-embedded/dey-manifest.git](https://github.com/digi-embedded/dey-manifest.git) -b gatesgarth remote: Enumerating objects: 1, done. remote: Counting objects: 100% (1/1), done. remote: Total 1 (delta 0), reused 1 (delta 0), pack-reused 0 Unpacking objects: 100% (1/1), done. Your identity is: Digi Embedded Yocto Docker builder If you want to change this, please re-run ‘repo init’ with --config-name repo has been initialized in /usr/local/dey-3.2 dey@b5297259bb52:/usr/local/dey-3.2$ repo sync -j8 --no-repo-verify Fetching: 100% (12/12), done in 9.158s Garbage collecting: 100% (12/12), done in 0.063s info: A new version of repo is available repo: warning: verification of repo code has been disabled; repo will not be able to verify the integrity of itself. warning: repo is not tracking a remote branch, so it will not receive updates info: Restarting repo with latest version Fetching: 100% (11/11), done in 1.124s Garbage collecting: 100% (11/11), done in 0.053s Checking out: 100% (11/11), done in 2.940s repo sync has finished successfully. dey@b5297259bb52:/usr/local/dey-3.2$ dey@b5297259bb52:/usr/local/dey-3.2$ dey@b5297259bb52:/usr/local/dey-3.2$ repo sync -j8 --no-repo-verify Fetching: 100% (11/11), done in 1.121s Garbage collecting: 100% (11/11), done in 0.058s repo sync has finished successfully. dey@b5297259bb52:/usr/local/dey-3.2$ try deleting everything in and then do Install the repo tool. To install Digi Embedded Yocto, you need the repo tool. Download repo to a directory within your path and add execution permissions. ~$ sudo curl -o /usr/local/bin/repo [http://commondatastorage.googleapis.com/git-repo-downloads/repo](http://commondatastorage.googleapis.com/git-repo-downloads/repo) ~$ sudo chmod a+x /usr/local/bin/repo ~$ repo init -u [https://github.com/digi-embedded/dey-manifest.git](https://github.com/digi-embedded/dey-manifest.git) -b gatesgarth ~$ repo sync -j8 --no-repo-verify ---
**Author:** ![vitirover](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/f6c823/32.png) [@vitirover](https://forums.digi.com/u/vitirover)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2021, 8:39am UTC](https://forums.digi.com/t/repo-sync-fails-on-docker-wsl2-from-windows/22666/3 "2021-09-23T08:39:14Z")
Thanks, by reinstalling repo, deleting everything in /usr/local/dey-3.2, I managed to do this repo sync correctly 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![LeonidM](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d26b3c/32.png) [@LeonidM](https://forums.digi.com/u/LeonidM)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2021, 8:41am UTC](https://forums.digi.com/t/repo-sync-fails-on-docker-wsl2-from-windows/22666/4 "2021-09-23T08:41:43Z")
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