On Wed, 22 Aug 2018 19:42:34 +1000, Zoltán Kócsi wrote: > > That's too much to try to do in one go, what do you get with just a > > basic system update? > > > > emerge -up @system > > $ emerge -up @system > These are the packages that would be merged, in order: > > Calculating dependencies... done! > > !!! Ebuilds for the following packages are either all > !!! masked or don't exist: > sys-apps/elfix > > !!! All ebuilds that could satisfy ">=app-portage/elt-patches-20170422" > have been masked. !!! One of the following masked packages is required > to complete your request: > - app-portage/elt-patches-20170826.1::gentoo (masked by: EAPI 6) > - app-portage/elt-patches-20170815::gentoo (masked by: EAPI 6) > - app-portage/elt-patches-20170422::gentoo (masked by: EAPI 6) > > The current version of portage supports EAPI '5'. You must upgrade to a > newer version of portage before EAPI masked packages can be installed. > (dependency required by "sys-devel/gcc-7.3.0-r3::gentoo" [ebuild]) > (dependency required by "@system" [argument]) > For more information, see the MASKED PACKAGES section in the emerge > man page or refer to the Gentoo Handbook.
Try adding --exclude gcc --exclude elfix etc. > > And what do you get when trying to update only portage? > > > > emerge -p portage > > $ emerge -p portage > These are the packages that would be merged, in order: > > Calculating dependencies... done! > > !!! All ebuilds that could satisfy ">=app-arch/tar-1.27" have been > masked. !!! One of the following masked packages is required to > complete your request: > - app-arch/tar-1.30::gentoo (masked by: EAPI 6) > > The current version of portage supports EAPI '5'. You must upgrade to a > newer version of portage before EAPI masked packages can be installed. > (dependency required by "sys-apps/portage-2.3.40-r1::gentoo" [ebuild]) > (dependency required by "portage" [argument]) Which version of tar do you have? This looks like a really old system and you can expect a long journey to update it. Large amounts of patience, caffeine and man page reading will be needed. -- Neil Bothwick Microbiology: staph only.
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