Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Update circle

["Zoltán Kócsi" <zoltan@bendor.com.au>]

On Wed, 22 Aug 2018 15:17:58 +0100
<nunojsilva@ist.utl.pt> (Nuno Silva) wrote:

> [...]
> The biggest hurdle in your case is that you need to update tar. Do
> what was already mentioned elsewhere in the thread, fetch the older
> EAPI 5 ebuild, put it in the local overlay and let portage grab that.

Thanks, I will try to do that.
 
> [...]
> Some recent issues were a change in the C++ ABI and the build system
> change in certain X11-related packages that pulls python3 as a build
> dependency.

The machine is actually a server, which just sat in a corner doing its
job perfectly. That's one of the reasons it wasn't updated: if it ain't
broken, don't fix it. But the important thing is that it has no X11,
pretty much nothing apart from the basic system and a handful of
network daemons. Now it needs one more daemon and that started the
whole exercise.

Thanks,

Regards,

Zoltan