Alan McKinnon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> >> Well, in the end I decided to play very straight and use a more >> up-to-date install CD. I'm currently installing from 2008.0_beta2, >> so far without any problems. > > For the record, this turns out to be a fairly straightforward blocker. A > recent version of portage uses new features in a recent bash, and > Alex's suggestion will work just fine. I recently had to update 10+ old > machines around this entirely trouble free. > > But using a more recent CD is probably the better idea, it's entirely > possible to manoeuvre through two years of updates, but it's kinda > pointless if you have a better base system at hand :-)
For the record, the installation was painless and fast with 2008.0_beta2. My only reason for using an old install initially CD was to retain compatibility with the older gcc versions on my distcc compile farm. As it turned out, that was not a problem at all. Thanks to all. Roger -- [email protected] mailing list
