Re: [gentoo-user] Anyone got any older Portage snapshots kicking around?

[Joost Roeleveld <joost@antarean.org>]

On Saturday 16 July 2011 17:53:48 Stroller wrote:
> A bit of a long shot, this, but has anyone got any older Portage snapshots
> kicking around, by any chance?
> 
> I have a box which hasn't been updated in 2 - 3 years. It would normally be
> easiest to format and reinstall, but in this case the box in question is a
> PS3 which was installed using the experimental PS3 stages which are (I
> think) no longer available.
> 
> I'm pretty sure this machine has some PS3-specific hacks applied, so I think
> an attempt to upgrade the hard way is worthwhile. If it doesn't work I'll
> probably try Debian, or something.
> 
> I have no illusions that attempting this *will* be a pain the ass, because
> in the past I've updated machines which have been ignored for 18 months,
> and that required lots of manually digging in the Portage CVS attic and
> copying files into the local overlay by hand.
> 
> So if anyone has any Portage snapshots that are sufficiently old left lying
> around from an old install, it would save me that grunt work.
> 
> Alternatively, if you, too, have a machine that hasn't been updated a long
> time, maybe you'll be able to help me by tarring up a copy of the Portage
> tree.
> 
> Thanks for looking,
> 
> Stroller.

Stroller, 

If you are still looking, I have the following:

portage-20100128.tar.bz2
portage-latest.tar.bz2 (dated Feb 23, 2010)
portage-20090701.tar.bz2

(Find is still searching the rest of my system, but I think these are probably 
it.

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Joost