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 1JmoTX-0006he-Vj for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Fri, 18 Apr 2008 11:09:52 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id E6F5DE04D9; Fri, 18 Apr 2008 11:09:49 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [140.211.166.183]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B5A99E04D9 for ; Fri, 18 Apr 2008 11:09:49 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6611365C41 for ; Fri, 18 Apr 2008 11:09:49 +0000 (UTC) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at gentoo.org X-Spam-Score: 1.539 X-Spam-Level: * X-Spam-Status: No, score=1.539 required=5.5 tests=[AWL=2.649, BAYES_05=-1.11] Received: from smtp.gentoo.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.gentoo.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id tO1KoajOa7xf for ; Fri, 18 Apr 2008 11:09:43 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail.gigle.biz (188.Red-213-96-7.staticIP.rima-tde.net [213.96.7.188]) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2CE2D65282 for ; Fri, 18 Apr 2008 11:09:42 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail.gigle.biz (localhost [127.0.0.1]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mail.gigle.biz (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9BD7C21C526; Fri, 18 Apr 2008 13:09:40 +0200 (CEST) Received: from 10.11.200.125 (SquirrelMail authenticated user robert.anstruther@gigle.biz) by mail.gigle.biz with HTTP; Fri, 18 Apr 2008 13:09:40 +0200 (CEST) Message-ID: <2430.10.11.200.125.1208516980.squirrel@mail.gigle.biz> Date: Fri, 18 Apr 2008 13:09:40 +0200 (CEST) Subject: [gentoo-user] "emerge portage" From: "robert anstuther" To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Cc: robert.anstruther@gigle.biz User-Agent: SquirrelMail/1.4.6 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 X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Importance: Normal Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Archives-Salt: 6d923d2f-44d9-4f41-ad1a-705853925e25 X-Archives-Hash: 7c3ec41e3d9204088b976ed1ab986e26 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. --=20 gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list