On Saturday 13 Aug 2016 16:26:21 hw wrote: > Andreas K. Hüttel schrieb: > > If you see this now, your production server hasn't been updated for a > > long time... > > About 1.5 years --- not really a long time.
Au contraire. In a Gentoo world, this is comparable with the age of the universe. And leaving it that long almost guarantees that you'll have problems. (I update my system daily, but that's because I don't have anything more useful to do with my time. :) ) > > As a last resort, you should be able to run a "non-installed" portage > > version to update your system once. Manually download and unpack a > > recent portage tarball somewhere temporary and then run as root > > something like > > > > porto tmp # ./portage-2.3.0/bin/emerge -uDNav world > > > > This can update your system to the newest state, including updating the > > installed portage. Afterwards you won't need the temporarily unpacked > > portage anymore. > > > > Disclaimer: I haven't tested this for a while. It may delete your data, > > kill kittens or turn the sun into a nova. No guarantees made. > > Interesting idea :) I´d be afraid that this version of portage might > find files of the regular installation and get confused and kill the > kittens ... That's the idea, isn't it? You need it to root out the out-of-date bits and substitute new ones. It sounds like a rational scheme to me, especially if you quickpkg portage to keep some kittens wrapped up in the warm. -- Rgds Peter
