-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Am 07.01.2015 um 13:13 schrieb Neil Bothwick: > On Wed, 07 Jan 2015 13:01:34 +0100, Tomas Mozes wrote: > >> Try to fetch some older portage snapshots >> http://dev.gentoo.org/~swift/snapshots/ and update in steps, not >> as a 4 year giant leap. Try to fetch snapshot 2011, then upgrade, >> then 2012, upgrade... It takes more time, but it should work. > > It may be quicker to backup the data and configs and start a fresh > install. Five years is a long time for any server to go without > updates, ${DEITY} knows what has happened to it in that time.
Sure, I know. I always hesitate to do that ... although I have up-to-date installations at hand (as images or VMs). The box is quite remote from me ... and they don't accept much or any downtime (and they work with their files on the samba-shares while I hack around ... ) I am fighting my way through all the conflicts now ... should I force glibc with "--nodeps" or is it a bad idea? ;-) (util-linux doesn't install ... and I think it needs a fresh glibc) S -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2 iQIcBAEBAgAGBQJUrSwwAAoJEClcuD1V0Pzm6McQAIJn4MlIxC3xiWxnWzzV5GUR 9t4ELxrVtfKO7meA4deVJKYIJYjBWLV+rKeIZeqd1yoefXilwVga1S8j0BKLSCYF K4olq8bIzQi6sInj6he4nkh2TXLZklcVdx7fcMfMbFstX/llm25axjNphxFIjL/M NNnUvN/4DAkhG5/xquWRdXuLEIo+56JGDADm+TRffQsqwzSfkl1Y453RrDm1uab9 naK+xHM9fB7xO9VXzUj0Gif9MColexKcFxRc8rllI3hRdkJvwg/fz/ZOO1nOdrod iSzI0koOWgGtx0eR3+fPMCXjjsx3abcSCy7t3f/J86qvT5qN/gGBtpKUBdrT06PH Gmo84je6OU9rjhmklN6rExYAfK+Hh5RHFNwFXCzD2hKzUZsE/98DytLypn55vZ2V Z82ufjU2Mr15aGR23I5EbEqc18DCYMo3rMyNiJ9i26J8CmWyngbI89COPT5uW+wZ RfGynU7T04Ear2aBGZLg6yMSDnzbjbvlc9Qz7Hemt3LXHucsViQbxBau3vydPXB+ YN0MkEfo3x6lDslUYn/bElQh2DRpWfU0cMFML9w1l3FZoLlsdWyijsdDqVBsNXsR GB10WA+ue394k8vkfWM51JronhC7v47hq/JIrfr3+pW8JgcH8GqvBDc9CjsTQoBc rVZQicBjKfEoxVOUwOgG =abus -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
