On Tue, 2003-06-03 at 19:54, Chris Bare wrote:
> I just started an install with 1.4 rc4 and after the emerge sync step it
> says:
> 
>  * An update to portage is available. It is _highly_ recommended
>  * that you update portage now, before any other packages are updated.
>  * Please do so and then update ALL of your configuration files.
> 
> I tried:
> 
> emerge portage
> 
> but after a long while I got a build error from that.
> 
> What does that message mean I should do? I suggest that the message be
> changed to include the command to execute if it is something simple.
> 
> Even if my system was up and running I wouldn't be sure what I should
> do.

I'm getting the same message and have been for a while. I built this
machine a month ago but have been hesitant to do that step.

On a machine I built last week, I believe I did the portage emerge. I
Actually sent the same question to this list. Check the archives for
people's answers.
 -Mark


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