[gentoo-user] "emerge portage"

[gentoo-user] "emerge portage"

[robert anstuther]

Hi, I am new to Gentoo so accept my apologies if this is a blatently
stupid question. I want to install the latest version of a package on our
site, on checking the various gentoo boxes I discovered that the versions
of the package varied a lot. therefore I ran "emerge --sync" this worked
fine but finished with the message that a new portage was available and
that I should run the command in the above subject field, and then update
ALL my config files, I am worried that I mess up my kernel by proceeding,
I have checked the wiki and read through the emerge docs, but it is still
not totally clear to me, Any help or suggested further reading very much
appreciated.


Thanks, Boba.

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Re: [gentoo-user] "emerge portage"

[dirk.heinrichs.ext]

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Am Freitag, den 18.04.2008, 13:09 +0200 schrieb ext robert anstuther:
> I am worried that I mess up my kernel by proceeding

You can only mess up your kernel by recompiling it with the wrong
options set in the kernel config and then use it at next boot.

portage _never_ compiles a kernel. It just installs kernel sources.

Bye...

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Re: [gentoo-user] "emerge portage"

[Alan McKinnon]

On Friday 18 April 2008, robert anstuther wrote:
> Hi, I am new to Gentoo so accept my apologies if this is a blatently
> stupid question. I want to install the latest version of a package on
> our site, on checking the various gentoo boxes I discovered that the
> versions of the package varied a lot. therefore I ran "emerge --sync"
> this worked fine but finished with the message that a new portage was
> available and that I should run the command in the above subject
> field, and then update ALL my config files, I am worried that I mess
> up my kernel by proceeding, I have checked the wiki and read through
> the emerge docs, but it is still not totally clear to me, Any help or
> suggested further reading very much appreciated.
>
>
> Thanks, Boba.

Hi Boba,

Your questions are all fully explained in the Gentoo Handbook:

http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/index.xml



It is perfectly normal for portage to want to update itself first when 
doing a system update. Portage will update, then it re-runs the system 
update so that the new system is now in charge.


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