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From: Arve Barsnes <arve.barsnes@×××××.com>
To: Gentoo <gentoo-user@l.g.o>
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Upgrade an old system
Date: Mon, 14 Dec 2020 21:58:44
Message-Id: CAJjrzcXckrx4Ex9LN-VH9sZFHtpbXXt4OwjxXyRtXGF5KeVjig@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Upgrade an old system by thelma@sys-concept.com
1 On Mon, 14 Dec 2020 at 22:20, <thelma@×××××××××××.com> wrote:
2 > Looking at this directory:
3 > https://github.com/gentoo/portage/releases/tag/portage-3.0.12
4 >
5 > file: portage-portage-3.0.12.tar.gz has totally different structure
6 > If I run: tar xzf portage-portage-3.0.12.tar.gz -C /usr
7 > it will create directory /usr/portage-portage-3.0.12
8
9 That is a release of the portage *application*, you need snapshots of
10 the portage *tree*.
11
12 I could find some a year old here:
13 https://mirrors.sohu.com/gentoo/snapshots/
14
15 You might need to look for even older ones, but worth a try.
16
17 Regards,
18 Arve

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