Gentoo Archives: gentoo-user

From: Paul Hartman <paul.hartman+gentoo@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] upgrading from 2005 S1 to 2008.0?
Date: Tue, 10 Mar 2009 14:50:52
Message-Id: 58965d8a0903100750m78779fe4iadce1cc1b46dd1a5@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] upgrading from 2005 S1 to 2008.0? by Douglas J Hunley
1 On Tue, Mar 10, 2009 at 9:40 AM, Douglas J Hunley
2 <doug@×××××××××××××.net> wrote:
3 > Is it possible to upgrade an existing 2005 S1 install to 2008.0? I gave it a
4 > quick try and ran into multiple issues. Before I expend hrs trying to make it
5 > work, does anyone know if it's an exercise in futility or not? Thx
6
7 It may be possible by unpacking one of the stage tarballs from the
8 newer profile and using that to jump-start the rest of the process...
9 i've never done it so I am only guessing.
10
11 http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/gentoo-upgrading.xml
12
13 The upgrading guide mentions doing a "voodoo dance" so that may not be
14 a good sign. :)