Re: [gentoo-user] Portage update errors

[Zoltán Kócsi]

On Wed, 21 Nov 2018 07:27:23 +0000
Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk> wrote:

> On Wed, 21 Nov 2018 13:52:50 +1100, Zoltán Kócsi wrote:
> [...]
> > As per the "5 config files ..." bit, well, dispatch-conf and
> > etc-update tell me that they have nothing to do, so I have no idea
> > what 5 files need updating, to what and how to update them.
>
> find /etc/portage -name ._cfg\*
>
> Config files for updating start with ._cfg

Thanks, I'll take a look.

> The Gentoo Handbook and man portage are good starting points.

I read them, but what I'm missing is the understanding of the database
content that portage maintains and the exact interpretation of the files
and directories in the /etc/portage tree. I.e. the magic behind the
scenes.

> This would appear to be your problem, you are trying to emerge version
> 9999 of portage. Version 9999 usually refers to a git version, so not
> usually desirable, especially for a critical system tool. So the first
> step is to find out why portage wants version 9999.
>
> grep -r portage /etc/portage
>
> will tell you if you have set it for installation. Otherwise repeat
> the emerge command with the -t option, which shows what is pulling in
> a particular package.

Thanks a lot, I will investigate that further.

By the way, an other (probably dumb) question. At the end of the listing
of the errors there is a complaint about certifi.

The interesting thing is that the conflict refers to the exact same
piece of code: certifi-2018.4.16:0/0::gentoo is scheduled for merge but
it is already installed. So what's wrong with it?

Best Regards,

Zoltan