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From: Rasmus Andersen <rasmus@×××××××××.dk>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] My portage is hosed (segfaults) and I dont know why...
Date: Thu, 07 Feb 2008 15:58:35
Message-Id: 20080207155831.GE7003@avlebavle.dk
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] My portage is hosed (segfaults) and I dont know why... by Neil Bothwick
1 On Thu, Feb 07, 2008 at 03:39:48PM +0000, Neil Bothwick wrote:
2 > On Thu, 7 Feb 2008 16:31:29 +0100, Rasmus Andersen wrote:
3 >
4 > > How do I reestablish python
5 > > and/or portage with the least pain? I have both in my PKGDIR, can I
6 > > 'just' untar them on top of the existing installation?
7 >
8 > Yes, untar then in /, ignoring the warning about invalid data at the end
9 > (this is metadata added by portage). Once things are working again,
10 > re-emerge them properly.
11
12 Thanks. That did it.
13
14 Rasmus
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