Re: [gentoo-user] Update circle

[Neil Bothwick <neil@digimed.co.uk>]

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On Wed, 22 Aug 2018 19:42:34 +1000, Zoltán Kócsi wrote:
> > That's too much to try to do in one go, what do you get with just a
> > basic system update?
> > 
> > emerge -up @system  
> 
> $ emerge -up @system
> These are the packages that would be merged, in order:
> 
> Calculating dependencies... done!
> 
> !!! Ebuilds for the following packages are either all
> !!! masked or don't exist:
> sys-apps/elfix
> 
> !!! All ebuilds that could satisfy ">=app-portage/elt-patches-20170422"
> have been masked. !!! One of the following masked packages is required
> to complete your request:
> - app-portage/elt-patches-20170826.1::gentoo (masked by: EAPI 6)
> - app-portage/elt-patches-20170815::gentoo (masked by: EAPI 6)
> - app-portage/elt-patches-20170422::gentoo (masked by: EAPI 6)
> 
> The current version of portage supports EAPI '5'. You must upgrade to a
> newer version of portage before EAPI masked packages can be installed.
> (dependency required by "sys-devel/gcc-7.3.0-r3::gentoo" [ebuild])
> (dependency required by "@system" [argument])
> For more information, see the MASKED PACKAGES section in the emerge
> man page or refer to the Gentoo Handbook.

Try adding --exclude gcc --exclude elfix etc.

 > > And what do you get when trying to update only portage?
> > 
> > emerge -p portage  
> 
> $ emerge -p portage
> These are the packages that would be merged, in order:
> 
> Calculating dependencies... done!
> 
> !!! All ebuilds that could satisfy ">=app-arch/tar-1.27" have been
> masked. !!! One of the following masked packages is required to
> complete your request:
> - app-arch/tar-1.30::gentoo (masked by: EAPI 6)
> 
> The current version of portage supports EAPI '5'. You must upgrade to a
> newer version of portage before EAPI masked packages can be installed.
> (dependency required by "sys-apps/portage-2.3.40-r1::gentoo" [ebuild])
> (dependency required by "portage" [argument])

Which version of tar do you have?

This looks like a really old system and you can expect a long journey to
update it. Large amounts of patience, caffeine and man page reading will
be needed.


-- 
Neil Bothwick

Microbiology: staph only.

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