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On 12/28/05, Steve Herber <herber@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> I would fix your basic system, whatever causes you to say: |
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> As usual, portage can't find the ebuilds required and I've been |
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> downloading them manually. |
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> If portage can't download packages then you have a real problem. Others |
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> have suggested you run an emerge sync. After that, try the --fetchonly |
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> option for a simple package and get your downloads to work. |
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Thanks, and thanks to John Myers. |
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emerge sync |
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was the solution. |
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It turns out I had not sync'd since the initial instal of 2004.3 many months |
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ago. It took about 2 hours over ADSL. |
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>I migrated from 2004.3 a few months ago using the automated upgrade and I |
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had no problems that I remember. |
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gentoo headers installed fine after the sync, however the upgrade crashed |
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later on. |
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I'll post it to gentoo-users if googling doesn't help. |
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Sorry for spamming this list with a portage incompetence issue. |