On Sat, 26 Mar 2011 09:24:29 -0400, Allan Gottlieb wrote: > I do have buildsyspkg so have many versions of portage as tbz files. > But emerge won't install it (again, just returns). > > Can I do something analogous to an untar on one of the portage files?
tar xf package-tbz -C / Ignore the warnings about metadata, but re-emerge the package as soon as you can to stop portage getting confused. -- Neil Bothwick Remember that the Titanic was built by experts, and the Ark by a newbie
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