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From: thelma@×××××××××××.com
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Upgrade an old system
Date: Mon, 14 Dec 2020 22:18:15
Message-Id: 9e43a461-934e-a652-4208-fad63e4923e3@sys-concept.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Upgrade an old system by Arve Barsnes
1 On 12/14/2020 02:58 PM, Arve Barsnes wrote:
2 > On Mon, 14 Dec 2020 at 22:20, <thelma@×××××××××××.com> wrote:
3 >> Looking at this directory:
4 >> https://github.com/gentoo/portage/releases/tag/portage-3.0.12
5 >>
6 >> file: portage-portage-3.0.12.tar.gz has totally different structure
7 >> If I run: tar xzf portage-portage-3.0.12.tar.gz -C /usr
8 >> it will create directory /usr/portage-portage-3.0.12
9 >
10 > That is a release of the portage *application*, you need snapshots of
11 > the portage *tree*.
12 >
13 > I could find some a year old here:
14 > https://mirrors.sohu.com/gentoo/snapshots/
15 >
16 > You might need to look for even older ones, but worth a try.
17 >
18 > Regards,
19 > Arve
20
21 Moving forward like a snail.
22 Unmerged portage to local directory and running:
23 ./portage-portage-3.0.12/bin/emerge -1 portage
24
25 gives me two blockers:
26 [blocks B ] <app-portage/gentoolkit-0.4.6 ("<app-portage/gentoolkit-0.4.6" is blocking sys-apps/portage-3.0.9)
27 [blocks B ] <=dev-lang/python-2.7.18-r3:2.7 ("<=dev-lang/python-2.7.18-r3:2.7" is blocking dev-lang/python-exec-2.4.6-r2)
28
29 I can remove app-portage/gentoolkit but is it safe to remove:
30 dev-lang/python-2.7.18-r3:2.7

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Re: [gentoo-user] Upgrade an old system Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk>