From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1Qi89L-0007rL-O1 for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sat, 16 Jul 2011 16:55:31 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 75E5321C212; Sat, 16 Jul 2011 16:55:18 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtpout.karoo.kcom.com (smtpout.karoo.kcom.com [212.50.160.34]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DC7DA21C1F8 for ; Sat, 16 Jul 2011 16:53:50 +0000 (UTC) X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.67,214,1309734000"; d="scan'208";a="531394139" Received: from 213-152-39-90.dsl.eclipse.net.uk (HELO compaq.stroller.uk.eu.org) ([213.152.39.90]) by smtpout.karoo.kcom.com with ESMTP; 16 Jul 2011 17:53:49 +0100 Received: from [192.168.1.102] (unknown [192.168.1.102]) by compaq.stroller.uk.eu.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 50583AA349 for ; Sat, 16 Jul 2011 17:47:19 +0100 (BST) From: Stroller Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Subject: [gentoo-user] Anyone got any older Portage snapshots kicking around? Date: Sat, 16 Jul 2011 17:53:48 +0100 Message-Id: To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org 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 (Apple Message framework v1244.3) X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1244.3) X-Archives-Salt: X-Archives-Hash: e8e210b9165138f16148b0f03583b94d A bit of a long shot, this, but has anyone got any older Portage = snapshots kicking around, by any chance? I have a box which hasn't been updated in 2 - 3 years. It would normally = be easiest to format and reinstall, but in this case the box in question = is a PS3 which was installed using the experimental PS3 stages which are = (I think) no longer available. I'm pretty sure this machine has some PS3-specific hacks applied, so I = think an attempt to upgrade the hard way is worthwhile. If it doesn't = work I'll probably try Debian, or something.=20 I have no illusions that attempting this *will* be a pain the ass, = because in the past I've updated machines which have been ignored for 18 = months, and that required lots of manually digging in the Portage CVS = attic and copying files into the local overlay by hand.=20 So if anyone has any Portage snapshots that are sufficiently old left = lying around from an old install, it would save me that grunt work. Alternatively, if you, too, have a machine that hasn't been updated a = long time, maybe you'll be able to help me by tarring up a copy of the = Portage tree. Thanks for looking, Stroller.