From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1EHmnP-0006KF-8h for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Tue, 20 Sep 2005 18:24:47 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.5/8.13.5) with SMTP id j8KIIgUP004344; Tue, 20 Sep 2005 18:18:42 GMT Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [134.68.220.30]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.5/8.13.5) with ESMTP id j8KIIdMR026933 for ; Tue, 20 Sep 2005 18:18:42 GMT Message-Id: <200509201818.j8KIIdMR026933@robin.gentoo.org> Received: from lark.gentoo.osuosl.org ([140.211.166.177] helo=lark.gentoo.org) by smtp.gentoo.org with smtp (Exim 4.43) id 1EHmn6-0006LU-Oy for gentoo-doc-cvs@lists.gentoo.org; Tue, 20 Sep 2005 18:24:28 +0000 Received: by lark.gentoo.org (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Tue, 20 Sep 2005 18:24:14 +0000 From: "swift" Date: Tue, 20 Sep 2005 18:24:14 +0000 To: gentoo-doc-cvs@lists.gentoo.org Subject: [gentoo-doc-cvs] cvs commit: gentoo-upgrading.xml Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-doc-cvs@gentoo.org Reply-to: docs-team@lists.gentoo.org X-Archives-Salt: 6c2442ad-f0ee-4fa1-89d6-fcdf2c7f466e X-Archives-Hash: 3ed26d7d0d213207b76c61ad7262049a swift 05/09/20 18:24:14 Modified: xml/htdocs/doc/en gentoo-upgrading.xml Log: #102918 - Update on upgrading guide to reflect use of obsolete profile for portage upgrade Revision Changes Path 1.25 +28 -1 xml/htdocs/doc/en/gentoo-upgrading.xml file : http://www.gentoo.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/xml/htdocs/doc/en/gentoo-upgrading.xml?rev=1.25&content-type=text/x-cvsweb-markup&cvsroot=gentoo plain: http://www.gentoo.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/xml/htdocs/doc/en/gentoo-upgrading.xml?rev=1.25&content-type=text/plain&cvsroot=gentoo diff : http://www.gentoo.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/xml/htdocs/doc/en/gentoo-upgrading.xml.diff?r1=1.24&r2=1.25&cvsroot=gentoo Index: gentoo-upgrading.xml =================================================================== RCS file: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/gentoo-upgrading.xml,v retrieving revision 1.24 retrieving revision 1.25 diff -u -r1.24 -r1.25 --- gentoo-upgrading.xml 12 Aug 2005 10:29:12 -0000 1.24 +++ gentoo-upgrading.xml 20 Sep 2005 18:24:14 -0000 1.25 @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ - + Gentoo Upgrading Guide @@ -499,6 +499,33 @@
+Updating Portage to Support Cascading Profiles + + +

+Although this section does not seem to integrate well in this upgrading guide, +it is quite important. Any profile listed above this section requires a Portage +version that supports cascading profiles. However, some obsoleted profiles don't +allow the user to upgrade Portage or the user is using a profile that isn't +available anymore - any attempt to upgrade Portage will result in a failure. +

+ +

+To work around this problem, users can set a temporary symbolic link to the +obsolete profile, allowing them to upgrade their Portage after which +they can continue with the upgrade procedure set forth in this guide: +

+ +
+# rm /etc/make.profile
+# cd /etc
+# ln -sf ../usr/portage/profiles/obsolete make.profile
+# emerge -n '>=sys-apps/portage-2.0.51'
+
+ + +
+
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