From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([69.77.167.62] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1Jmox1-0002Kj-2K for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Fri, 18 Apr 2008 11:40:19 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 84784E04CB; Fri, 18 Apr 2008 11:40:17 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mu-out-0910.google.com (mu-out-0910.google.com [209.85.134.187]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4093BE04CB for ; Fri, 18 Apr 2008 11:40:17 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mu-out-0910.google.com with SMTP id g7so538587muf.6 for ; Fri, 18 Apr 2008 04:40:16 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:from:to:subject:date:user-agent:references:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:message-id; bh=aEDkylHwFkRIsnPJqBN9+YyaBJpnWyPUTX16cX/upUM=; b=X8NDlF6j3mkYO3QaAzuUZEaR4/uvy0PFMagTF0vvPpyLmQm/6GGaGLjHB+OCVvKjcWx2tId3h7iHHfSbmA8KruyC0hDmUdLoyj3wHximJmLOg+Hct51lMn/o/syU6fHhO5UNAkvzDOQKoIcb60x9dRLPaw03SCixRSS0TAOO5Ag= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=from:to:subject:date:user-agent:references:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:message-id; b=C8k7mz4w0KaGEGq3Dk8F6m2w4yWvC4N8a0nc5hUo/bhZAsnUK6GznxVXQt4Bu7pFS3nZiohBwWR4Gt7E6MZfNUYj5pKGVy/G3gmpbQta65pnwrVmL/9MGXSK+wh9v6dmng3E1BukJiXqhXp+2SjjzpayJ/COm+lktr/oo3az+0g= Received: by 10.82.173.1 with SMTP id v1mr4478123bue.71.1208518816119; Fri, 18 Apr 2008 04:40:16 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ?192.168.200.135? ( [196.211.71.34]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id c22sm16927705ika.3.2008.04.18.04.40.10 (version=SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Fri, 18 Apr 2008 04:40:11 -0700 (PDT) From: Alan McKinnon To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] "emerge portage" Date: Fri, 18 Apr 2008 13:36:21 +0200 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.9 References: <2430.10.11.200.125.1208516980.squirrel@mail.gigle.biz> In-Reply-To: <2430.10.11.200.125.1208516980.squirrel@mail.gigle.biz> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200804181336.21660.alan.mckinnon@gmail.com> X-Archives-Salt: bfe3f0ea-5bab-47b2-8a93-f53f51c87423 X-Archives-Hash: ec414703385d81d9142f4d49fe4800ca 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. -- Alan McKinnon alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list