Re: [gentoo-server] Old Gentoo server - portage outdated - how to upgrade in-place

[Denis Bondar <bondario@gmail.com>]

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Try this:

> Get the post 2.6 python source and compile:

emerge --fetchonly =dev-lang/python-2.7.1-r1
cd
tar xjf /usr/portage/distfiles/Python-2.7.1.tar.bz2
cd Python-2.7.1/
./configure --with-fpectl --infodir=/usr/share/info/
--mandir=/usr/share/man
make
make install prefix=/usr
rm /usr/bin/python 2>/dev/null
ln -s /usr/bin/python2.7 /usr/bin/python

> get portage bin, copy then compile on your own, just to be safe

wget -P /usr/portage/distfiles
http://distfiles.gentoo.org/distfiles/portage-2.1.9.42.tar.bz2
cd /root
mkdir portage-recover
cd portage-recover
tar xfj /usr/portage/distfiles/portage-2.1.9.42.tar.bz2
cd /root/portage-recover/portage-2.1.9.42
rm -rf /usr/lib/portage/*
cp -R pym bin /usr/lib/portage/
emerge sys-apps/portage

> emerge python 2.7.1 just to be safe
eselect python list
eselect python set 3
emerge =dev-lang/python-2.7.1-r1

> Run Python Updater now that you have the new python set as the master
python on your system
python-updater

> Then update any configs
etc-update


2011/6/29 Todd Hebert <todd@iil.ie>

> Does anyone know of a howto etc.. for dropping a new portage version into a
> system where you can't BUILD a new portage version due to license
> restrictions. (Portage doesn't understand the EAPI 2 license scheme, and
> there are items that require it in order to build.)
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Kind regards,
Denis Bondar

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