>>>> # emerge -avDuN system >>>> [snip] >>>> !!! All ebuilds that could satisfy ">=sys-auth/pambase-20081028" have >>>> been masked. >>>> !!! One of the following masked packages is required to complete your >>>> request: >>>> - sys-auth/pambase-20101024-r1 (masked by: EAPI 4) >>>> - sys-auth/pambase-20101024 (masked by: EAPI 3) >>> >>> >>> USE="-pam" emerge @system will avoid that particular block, although it >>> may only get you as far as the next one. >> >> >> I seem to get an error like this from whatever I try to emerge. Is >> untarring a stage3 my only option? >> >> - Grant >> > > You don't have to do the entire stage3 at once, > > http://tinderbox.dev.gentoo.org/ > > has precompiled packages for the major arches and profiles. You could try to > replace just pambase, pam, python, etc. -- whatever's giving you trouble. > > This was not my first recommendation because I've managed to break e.g. > `tar` and `cp` before in the attempt at which point you have two rescues to > attempt.
The errors I'm getting seem to be complaining about emerging ebuilds with a higher EAPI number than my portage has. Should I just install the latest portage binary package? If so, how should I do that? - Grant
