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Hi, |
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On Sat, 27 Aug 2005, Harry Putnam wrote: |
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> After running an emerge sync, I see a message at the conclusion that |
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> says: |
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> * An update to portage is available. It is _highly_ recommended |
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> * that you update portage now, before any other packages are updated. |
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> * Please do so and then update ALL of your configuration files. |
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> What does this mean... I though I had just updated portage. Or is a |
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> sync something different than an update? |
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You synced the portage _tree_. So you could say, you updated the portage |
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_tree_. Portage itself is a piece of python coded software, installed and |
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managed by - portage, i.e. itself. To update this software, you'd need to |
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type |
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$ emerge -u portage |
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-hwh |
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