Il 14/11/2013 05:38, Johann Schmitz ha scritto: > >> long story short having a portage-20130126.tar.bz2 snapshot > >> (before the EAPI 5 switch) greatly simplified the upgrade of an > >> old server on a client. > > > Updating from old portage versions or > profiles isn't fun but it basically boils down to Sorry for the snip, but all you said is valid only if: you remember to update portage _before_ an emerge --sync _and_ you are able to do it.
basically what I did was to remove the old snapshot find an old snapshot but recent enough to have EAPI5 portage. yes some wget of some distfiles was needed but it made the whole thing possible. Alternatively build a completely new system and then switch is a possibility, nothing deadly but as said a simple copy of a january snapshot would have made some paths simpler cheers, Francesco Riosa
