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On Saturday 16 July 2011 17:53:48 Stroller wrote: |
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> A bit of a long shot, this, but has anyone got any older Portage snapshots |
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> kicking around, by any chance? |
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> I have a box which hasn't been updated in 2 - 3 years. It would normally be |
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> easiest to format and reinstall, but in this case the box in question is a |
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> PS3 which was installed using the experimental PS3 stages which are (I |
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> think) no longer available. |
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> I'm pretty sure this machine has some PS3-specific hacks applied, so I think |
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> an attempt to upgrade the hard way is worthwhile. If it doesn't work I'll |
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> probably try Debian, or something. |
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> I have no illusions that attempting this *will* be a pain the ass, because |
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> in the past I've updated machines which have been ignored for 18 months, |
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> and that required lots of manually digging in the Portage CVS attic and |
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> copying files into the local overlay by hand. |
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> So if anyone has any Portage snapshots that are sufficiently old left lying |
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> around from an old install, it would save me that grunt work. |
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> Alternatively, if you, too, have a machine that hasn't been updated a long |
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> time, maybe you'll be able to help me by tarring up a copy of the Portage |
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> tree. |
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> Thanks for looking, |
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> Stroller. |
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deinstall everything you don't need to install the rest. Then update that base |
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system. Afterwards install all the stuff you need. |
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The less packages installed, the easier the update. |
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