Jeff Cranmer schrieb: > On Sunday 21 December 2008 03:28:09 pm Justin wrote: > >> Jeff Cranmer schrieb: >> >>> I'm afraid you'll need to be a little more specific on the accept >>> keywords >>> >> reinstall and never change this variable. Stick to the many guides out >> there. Your system is broken and fixing takes the same effort than >> reinstalling. >> > > Except reinstalling raises the specter of losing all my key data. The guides > are written for a blank system. That is not what I have. The problem is > with glibc. Why can't I fix glibc and then to an emerge -eav from there? > > Jeff > >
boot livecd, mount the disc as described in the official manuals [1], extract a propriate tarball, remove all /etc/portage/packages*, review make.conf, emerge -e system, will bring back your system.
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