On 2021-09-20, Michael <confabul...@kintzios.com> wrote: > On Monday, 20 September 2021 14:56:46 BST Gerrit Kuehn wrote: > >> Well, this was the suggested way to go, see >> https://www.gentoo.org/support/news-items/2021-05-05-python3-9.html >> >> But also when trying "emerge -1vUD @world" (be it with or without the >> package.use settings), I get stuck in conflicts (mostly on perl and >> setuptools). perl issues would probably resolve once I have EAPI8 >> support, i.e. get new portage. > > With a year old system you should question if reinstalling your > system after a back up of configuration and data files would be a > smarter approach.
In my experience, it will almost definitely be less work to reinstall --- usually a _lot_ less work. -- Grant
