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>> long story short having a portage-20130126.tar.bz2 snapshot |
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>> (before the EAPI 5 switch) greatly simplified the upgrade of an |
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>> old server on a client. |
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I have done the switch to the current profile+portage on many server |
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recently and i don't think that it is neccessary to keep an old |
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portage snapshot around. Updating from old portage versions or |
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profiles isn't fun but it basically boils down to |
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- - Update python to latest 2.7/3.2 |
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- - Run python-updater and select 2.7/3.2 as the main python version |
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- - Drop old python version |
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- - Update Portage, layman, eix |
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- - Switch to the current profile |
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- - Update the rest |
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If you switched to the new profile with an old portage too early |
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(happens to me *twice*), you will get at some point many blockers due |
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to EAPI=5 and have to hack either the ebuilds or update portage manually. |
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> The goal is to be able to update a device for a year. Not updating |
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> at least once a year is not supportable, and should be discouraged. |
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> I'm sorry for your pain, I really am, but I hope that it pushes you |
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> to update twice a year instead of zero times. |
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I think that even half a year is a very long period in Gentoo. |
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Updating the core packages (portage, openrc, udev, etc.) on a |
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(bi-)monthly basis makes sure that you don't run in such troubles. |
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