> On Jan 7, 2015, at 14:47, Alan McKinnon <alan.mckin...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> On 07/01/2015 13:52, Stefan G. Weichinger wrote: >> >> I am in the process of upgrading an old (~2010) gentoo server. >> The customer never wanted updates ... and now he wants ... *sigh* > > > > Don't waste your time (you are already experiencing the full reason why). > > Backup data and configs, reinstall Gentoo, restore data and configs.
I had a similar challenge. But it is quite easy to overcome. After the backups just untar the latest stage3 to your root filesystem. Then sync portage and emerge world with a empty tree and keep-going flags. It should get it done mostly. Few packages might fail to merge, but after the world update the list should be fairly short and manageable. You might need to emerge -C few packages, but it's ok. After the system is up-to date restore your backups. -- -Matti
