Re: [gentoo-user] Upgrade an old system

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On 14/12/2020 22:35, Neil Bothwick wrote:
On Mon, 14 Dec 2020 15:18:19 -0700, the...@sys-concept.com wrote:
Moving forward like a snail.
Unmerged portage to local directory and running:
./portage-portage-3.0.12/bin/emerge -1 portage

gives me two blockers:
[blocks B      ] <app-portage/gentoolkit-0.4.6
("<app-portage/gentoolkit-0.4.6" is blocking sys-apps/portage-3.0.9)
[blocks B      ] <=dev-lang/python-2.7.18-r3:2.7
("<=dev-lang/python-2.7.18-r3:2.7" is blocking
dev-lang/python-exec-2.4.6-r2)

I can remove app-portage/gentoolkit but is it safe to remove:
dev-lang/python-2.7.18-r3:2.7

Probably not. It looks like you need to update python, try

iirc, gentoolkit is an add-on that helps with portage. As such it would 
be safe to remove ...

Read the handbook and see if it *recommends* installing gentoolkit. If 
it does (as I seem to remember), it isn't *necessary* and can be removed.

Cheers,
Wol