Re: [gentoo-user] Filesystem with python3_12, but /var/db,cache with python3_13

[Dale <rdalek1967@gmail.com>]

Michael wrote:
> Just as I was celebrating the last python upgrade has been a breeze, a disk 
> failed on one PC in the most inopportune moment.  The / directory was on the 
> SSD disk which failed.  The /var/db, /var/cache and /var/log are on a 
> different (spinning) disk.
>
> I restored / from a backup which was 5 weeks old, excluding /var/db, /var/
> cache and /var/log - I didn't have a backup of these.  Consequently, there's 
> an incongruity in what portage thinks is installed - a day old update status - 
> and what is actually installed - 5 weeks old packages.
>
> I tried to run an update @world, but it failed as some package versions were 
> missing/incompatible.  I tried to force python3_13 following the python 
> upgrade guide, but may have ended up making things worse.  What is the best 
> way to bring this system up to date?


Do you have buildpkg set in make.conf?  If you do, can you try a emerge
-ek world?  That should reinstall to the version you have saved from all
the binaries you have.  You may want to try -K as well.  It tells it to
use binaries only.  If you don't have buildpkg set, I'm not sure how to
fix that.  Basically, portage stores data on what is installed in /var
but the packages are in /, mostly /(s)bin and /usr.  Basically, portage
thinks one thing but the truth is something else.  I suspect emerge
isn't happy since it is so confused. 

I hate when a drive goes bad.  :-( 

Dale

:-)  :-) 

P. S.  I hope you have a backup of /etc and your world file, just in
case you have to start over.