From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1Roi6b-0008Pr-UL for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sat, 21 Jan 2012 21:04:10 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 6BD27E0A5D; Sat, 21 Jan 2012 21:03:54 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail.digimed.co.uk (82-69-83-178.dsl.in-addr.zen.co.uk [82.69.83.178]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BB98BE0969 for ; Sat, 21 Jan 2012 21:02:39 +0000 (UTC) Received: from digimed.co.uk (yooden.digimed.co.uk [192.168.1.6]) by mail.digimed.co.uk (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 98303804AA for ; Sat, 21 Jan 2012 21:02:38 +0000 (GMT) Date: Sat, 21 Jan 2012 21:02:31 +0000 From: Neil Bothwick To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Resurrecting a Gentoo install Message-ID: <20120121210231.5b91185e@digimed.co.uk> In-Reply-To: References: <20120120225015.7ed5102e@hactar.digimed.co.uk> <20120121014928.6afb64b8@digimed.co.uk> <4F1A3130.1040809@orlitzky.com> <4F1A5D4F.8090303@gmail.com> Organization: Digital Media Production X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.8.0cvs16 (GTK+ 2.24.8; x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) X-GPG-Fingerprint: 7260 0F33 97EC 2F1E 7667 FE37 BA6E 1A97 4375 1903 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: multipart/signed; micalg=PGP-SHA1; boundary="Sig_/7URB5ZRfe+sUE4h_X2Yphto"; protocol="application/pgp-signature" X-Archives-Salt: 37fdde3c-4024-4a60-b441-d287c81e8f34 X-Archives-Hash: 1dc3cf303d3c5f54ab78fe99f7a767c8 --Sig_/7URB5ZRfe+sUE4h_X2Yphto Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sat, 21 Jan 2012 06:57:32 -0800, Grant wrote: > "If your currently installed version of python reported by python -V > is less than 2.6 then you must choose a version of portage that is > compatible with it. If you have at least python 2.6 then use > portage-2.1.10.41.tar.bz2. If you have python 2.4 or 2.5 then use > portage-2.1.6.tar.bz2." >=20 > I get: >=20 > # python -V > Python 2.5.2 >=20 > and I'm already on portage-2.1.6.13 which is non-functional since it > doesn't have high enough EAPI support for current ebuilds. >=20 > I think I'm stuck between a python and portage upgrade. I can't > update python with my current portage and I can't update portage with > my current python. The blockages you posted relate to Python 2.7 and the latest portage. What happens if you install python:2.6, either through portage or a tarball. Try emerge -1a python:2.6 or put >dev-lang/python-2.7 in package.mask. ... Thinking about it, judicious use of package.mask to limit portage to small incremental upgrades may be the best approach. --=20 Neil Bothwick How stupid are people? Send me to find out. --Sig_/7URB5ZRfe+sUE4h_X2Yphto Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=signature.asc -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.18 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAk8bJ+0ACgkQum4al0N1GQOiJQCfU/SZXW6sNZWSlp3Ze9okAgbE t4EAn3imfqh4uf8beHpe+ac8lJo62lxc =24oa -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Sig_/7URB5ZRfe+sUE4h_X2Yphto--