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* [gentoo-user]  Closing message of emerge sync confusing
@ 2005-08-27 12:45 Harry Putnam
  2005-08-27 12:53 ` Mike Williams
  2005-08-27 12:58 ` [gentoo-user] " Hans-Werner Hilse
  0 siblings, 2 replies; 4+ messages in thread
From: Harry Putnam @ 2005-08-27 12:45 UTC (permalink / raw
  To: gentoo-user

After running an emerge sync, I see a message at the conclusion that
says:

 * An update to portage is available. It is _highly_ recommended
 * that you update portage now, before any other packages are updated.
 * Please do so and then update ALL of your configuration files.

What does this mean...  I though I had just updated portage.  Or is a
sync something different than an update?

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* Re: [gentoo-user]  Closing message of emerge sync confusing
  2005-08-27 12:45 [gentoo-user] Closing message of emerge sync confusing Harry Putnam
@ 2005-08-27 12:53 ` Mike Williams
  2005-08-27 13:04   ` [gentoo-user] " Harry Putnam
  2005-08-27 12:58 ` [gentoo-user] " Hans-Werner Hilse
  1 sibling, 1 reply; 4+ messages in thread
From: Mike Williams @ 2005-08-27 12:53 UTC (permalink / raw
  To: gentoo-user

On Saturday 27 August 2005 13:45, Harry Putnam wrote:
> What does this mean...  I though I had just updated portage.  Or is a
> sync something different than an update?

You just updated the portage tree, not portage the package.

It's suggesting you emerge portage before emerge world/system/randompackage.

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* Re: [gentoo-user]  Closing message of emerge sync confusing
  2005-08-27 12:45 [gentoo-user] Closing message of emerge sync confusing Harry Putnam
  2005-08-27 12:53 ` Mike Williams
@ 2005-08-27 12:58 ` Hans-Werner Hilse
  1 sibling, 0 replies; 4+ messages in thread
From: Hans-Werner Hilse @ 2005-08-27 12:58 UTC (permalink / raw
  To: gentoo-user

Hi,

On Sat, 27 Aug 2005, Harry Putnam wrote:

> After running an emerge sync, I see a message at the conclusion that
> says:
>
> * An update to portage is available. It is _highly_ recommended
> * that you update portage now, before any other packages are updated.
> * Please do so and then update ALL of your configuration files.
>
> What does this mean...  I though I had just updated portage.  Or is a
> sync something different than an update?

You synced the portage _tree_. So you could say, you updated the portage 
_tree_. Portage itself is a piece of python coded software, installed and 
managed by - portage, i.e. itself. To update this software, you'd need to 
type

$ emerge -u portage

-hwh
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* [gentoo-user]  Re: Closing message of emerge sync confusing
  2005-08-27 12:53 ` Mike Williams
@ 2005-08-27 13:04   ` Harry Putnam
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 4+ messages in thread
From: Harry Putnam @ 2005-08-27 13:04 UTC (permalink / raw
  To: gentoo-user

Mike Williams <mike@gaima.co.uk> writes:

> On Saturday 27 August 2005 13:45, Harry Putnam wrote:
>> What does this mean...  I though I had just updated portage.  Or is a
>> sync something different than an update?
>
> You just updated the portage tree, not portage the package.
>
> It's suggesting you emerge portage before emerge world/system/randompackage.

Ahh ... got it . Thanks

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