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On Fri, 20 Aug 2021 10:08:26 +0100, Michael wrote: |
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> > Apparently installing libffi-compat will un-hose my system where ALL |
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> > SOFTWARE that needs FFI thru python is broken, especially all portage |
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> > tooling... |
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> > Is there a repository and walkthru for installing this? |
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> This may help: |
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> https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Project:Portage/Fixing_broken_portage |
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> If that won't work for whatever reason, chroot into your system after |
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> you boot with the latest Live-USB and try to update @system. |
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> Alternatively, reinstall. |
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Boot into the live USB, if it has libffi-compat installed, you can |
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quickpkg it. Then you can untar the package into / before emerging it |
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properly. |
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In future, you should add buildpkg to FEATURES so that you always have |
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binary packages of software so you can roll back with tar in an emergency. |
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Neil Bothwick |
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We've all heard that a million monkeys banging on a million |
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typewriters will eventually reproduce the works of Shakespeare. |
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Now, thanks to the Internet, we know this is not true. |
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