On 11/16/10 10:56:29, Alan McKinnon wrote:
>
> Backup your portage related data and re-install.
>
> Seriously - you know you are looking at doing emerge -e world and
> will
> need to
> fiddle stuff to make it complete successfully.
>
> If you just reinstall, put your old world file and /etc/portage/ back
> then let
> portage have at it, that is exactly what will happen. You'll have
> 30-45
> minutes of setup work and a high level of confidence it will complete
> successfully.
>
> Trying to fix the existing installation is potentially many hours of
> poking
> around to see what changed, potentially several goes at running
> emerge
> -e
> world, hair pulling, and you will probably give up and just reinstall
> anyway.
>
> I'm assuming you are looking for the easiest, fastest route to
> success
> with
> the least pain, and that your days of poking into portage to see how
> things
> work for fun are long over.
>