Because for me it works much toooooo long than downloading snapshot. :) > Why not emerge sync - that will update your tree. > > > Hello! > > > > How do you think, are the following commands safe to do in the case that > > i already have portage tree in /usr/portage that is a bit outdated: > > > > $ wget http://gentoo.linux.no/snapshots/portage-20030401.tar.bz2 > > $ cp /tmp/portage-20030401.tar.bz2 /usr && cd /usr > > $ tar -xvjpf portage-20030401.tar.bz2 > > > > I mean can it be that some old files mess up with new ones? > > > > Best regards, Dmitry.
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