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From:	drobbins@g.o
To:	gentoo-dev@g.o
Subject:	Re: [gentoo-dev] is portage not so fresh?
Date:	Sat, 24 Feb 2001 20:42:53
Message-Id:	`20010224204253.A8767@cvs.gentoo.org`
In Reply to:	[gentoo-dev] is portage not so fresh? by Sean Jensen_Grey

1	On Sat, Feb 24, 2001 at 07:00:28PM -0800, Sean Jensen_Grey wrote:
2	> I am REALLY new to gentoo linux but I just installed (from the rc4 pre iso
3	> image), and grabbed the portage tree with rsync then went into
4	>
5	>
6	> cd /usr/portage/sys-apps/portage
7	> ebuild portage-x.y.z.ebuild merge
8	>
9	> and now I can't grab packages off of the cd...It looks like it wants all the
10	> packages in a two level heirarchy. <category_name>/<package_name>
11
12	I'm guessing that this is because you merged a 1.5_pre version of Portage that
13	is for testers only and uses a second-generation .tbz2 package format. You'll
14	need to use ebuild for now, or try to get back your older version of Portage.
15
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