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I have a Gentoo machine, which has not been updated for a while. Quite |
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a long while, actually. |
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Now I needed to install a package, and I did so. It went up, no |
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problem. Except that it relies on a newer version of openrc than |
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what's on the system. From here it's all downhill: |
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emerge openrc: |
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- Fails, as the current portage is EAPI 5 (whatever that is), thus all |
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EAPI 6 packages are masked. Must upgrade portage. |
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emerge portage: |
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- Fails, as it needs tar-1.30 and the installed tar is 1.27. Must update |
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tar. |
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emerge tar: |
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- Fails, as tar-1.30 needs EAPI 6. Must upgrade portage. |
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It seems that I'm kind of stuck. Wiping the disk and rebuilding the |
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system from scratch is absolutely not an option, the existing (and |
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running) system must be updated somehow. |
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I would appreciate any advice, I'm in complete darkness about the |
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internal workings of portage (would be happy to find some detailed docs |
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about that, by the way, preferably in PDF). |
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Thanks in advance, |
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Zoltan |
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