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From: James Broadhead <jamesbroadhead@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Resurrecting a Gentoo install
Date: Sat, 21 Jan 2012 11:44:01
Message-Id: CA+hid6GNh2veQxrMswtaiVe4_TsdqLhsKO83OkU0DVOHKnQTzA@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Resurrecting a Gentoo install by Grant
1 On 21 January 2012 04:48, Grant <emailgrant@×××××.com> wrote:
2 >>>>> # emerge -avDuN system
3 >>>>> [snip]
4 >>>>> !!! All ebuilds that could satisfy ">=sys-auth/pambase-20081028" have
5 >>>>> been masked.
6 >>>>> !!! One of the following masked packages is required to complete your
7 >>>>> request:
8 >>>>> - sys-auth/pambase-20101024-r1 (masked by: EAPI 4)
9 >>>>> - sys-auth/pambase-20101024 (masked by: EAPI 3)
10 >>>>
11 >>>>
12 >>>> USE="-pam" emerge @system will avoid that particular block, although it
13 >>>> may only get you as far as the next one.
14 >>>
15 >>>
16 >>> I seem to get an error like this from whatever I try to emerge.  Is
17 >>> untarring a stage3 my only option?
18 >>>
19 >>> - Grant
20 >>>
21 >>
22 >> You don't have to do the entire stage3 at once,
23 >>
24 >>  http://tinderbox.dev.gentoo.org/
25 >>
26 >> has precompiled packages for the major arches and profiles. You could try to
27 >> replace just pambase, pam, python, etc. -- whatever's giving you trouble.
28 >>
29 >> This was not my first recommendation because I've managed to break e.g.
30 >> `tar` and `cp` before in the attempt at which point you have two rescues to
31 >> attempt.
32 >
33 > The errors I'm getting seem to be complaining about emerging ebuilds
34 > with a higher EAPI number than my portage has.  Should I just install
35 > the latest portage binary package?  If so, how should I do that?
36 >
37 > - Grant
38
39 What you need to do is upgrade portage incrementally, to increase your
40 available EAPI.
41 Versions available are ;
42 sys-apps/portage
43 Available versions: [M]2.1.6.7 2.1.6.13 2.1.10.11 2.1.10.41 (~)2.1.10.44
44
45 Try upgrading to 2.1.6.13 first, then 2.1.10.41 (perhaps with
46 intermediaries in between)

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