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Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] merge portage without portage???
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On Tue, Sep 11, 2001 at 02:59:12PM +0000, www . handyforfree . de wrote:
> Oups... a stupid mistake...  I unmerged my version of portage. How can I now 
> merge a newer one? (without portage) Every version is blocked by package.mask.
> 
> Marisu

In case of emergency:

first, back up your /etc/make.conf.  Then...
cd /usr/portage/sys-apps/portage/files
(find most recent version of portage-1.6.?.tar.bz2)
tar xjUpvf portage-1.6.?.tar.bz2 -C /

Portage should now work.

Best Regards,

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Daniel Robbins					<drobbins@gentoo.org>
Chief Architect/President			http://www.gentoo.org 
Gentoo Technologies, Inc.