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Hello, |
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I was asked to upgrade a Gentoo server. It probably was not updated |
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for a few years. There is 10.0 profile with portage 2.1.6.7. After |
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every 'emerge' there is a suggestion to upgrade to 13.0 profile. |
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I am fairly novice to Gentoo, and this server is constantly being used (e-mail). |
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First I started with: |
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# emerge --sync |
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# emerge -1av sys-apps/portage |
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There was a message: |
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emerge: there are no ebuilds to satisfy "dev-lang/python:2.7". |
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dependency required by "sys-apps/portage-2.2.7" [ebuild]) (dependency |
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required by "portage" {argument])". |
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Supposing that my installation is too old to upgrade that way I |
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decided to follow strictly method described at |
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https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Upgrading_Gentoo#Updating_old_systems |
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Stage3 was downloaded from |
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http://gentoo.mirror.pw.edu.pl/releases/x86/current-stage3/) |
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Unfortunately, after the last command from this guide: |
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# ROOT=/mnt/host emerge -1v portage |
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there are many messages such as: |
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!!! Section 'gentoo' in repos.conf has location attribute set to |
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nonexistent directory: '/usr/portage' |
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!!! Section 'x-portage' in repos.conf has location attribute set to |
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nonexistent directory: '/usr/portage' |
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!!! Invalid Repository Location (not a dir): '/usr/portage' |
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.... |
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!!! /etc/portage/make.profile is not a symlink and will probably |
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prevent most merges. |
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!!! It should point into a profile within /usr/portage/profiles/ |
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I felt completly lost. I found repos.config only in |
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/mnt/build/usr/share/portage/config, but there is no 'x-portage' |
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section. |
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Is there something wrong with this guide? |
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May I ask for any hint what to do next, and more generally - how to do |
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the upgrade in the safest possible way? |
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English is a foreign language for me, so please forgive my language |
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mistakes (if any). |
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Every remark will be highly appreciated. |
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With many thanks in advance, |
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Leszek Pankowski |
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