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From: antlists <antlists@××××××××××××.uk>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Updating old Gentoo on notebook
Date: Tue, 14 Sep 2021 05:17:02
Message-Id: 02dd486d-3a4c-c441-8773-f296b21a575d@youngman.org.uk
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Updating old Gentoo on notebook by Walter Dnes
1 On 14/09/2021 02:11, Walter Dnes wrote:
2 > On Mon, Sep 13, 2021 at 10:21:27PM +0100, Neil Bothwick wrote
3 >> On Mon, 13 Sep 2021 15:59:52 -0400, Walter Dnes wrote:
4 >>
5 >>> I have a notebook that I haven't updated for a while. After emerge
6 >>> sync, it said to "emerge -1 portage". Trying to do so got me the
7 >>> following as listed in the gzipped attachment. I'd really rather not
8 >>> re-install. Is there a way to get out of this?
9 >>
10 >> You've been hit by the switch from Python 3.8 to 3.9 by the looks of it.
11 >> Try adding "sys-apps/portage python_targets_python3_8" to package.use.
12 >>
13 >> You'll probably have to add a few more packages to this list to get world
14 >> updated.
15 >
16 > Thank you very much. Progress. I've managed to get portage-3.0.26-r6
17 > built. My package.use currently has...
18 >
19 > sys-apps/portage -rsync-verify python_targets_python3_8
20 > dev-python/setuptool python_targets_python3_8
21 > dev-python/setuptools python_targets_python3_8
22 > dev-python/certifi python_targets_python3_8
23 > dev-python/setuptools_scm python_targets_python3_8
24 > dev-python/toml python_targets_python3_8
25 >
26 > Can I remove the python flags now or should I do a world update first?
27 >
28 I'd do a system update first. Make sure the necessities are in a stable
29 state before you start mucking about with all the extras ... :-)
30
31 Cheers,
32 Wol