On Mon, 14 Dec 2020 at 22:20, <the...@sys-concept.com> wrote: > Looking at this directory: > https://github.com/gentoo/portage/releases/tag/portage-3.0.12 > > file: portage-portage-3.0.12.tar.gz has totally different structure > If I run: tar xzf portage-portage-3.0.12.tar.gz -C /usr > it will create directory /usr/portage-portage-3.0.12
That is a release of the portage *application*, you need snapshots of the portage *tree*. I could find some a year old here: https://mirrors.sohu.com/gentoo/snapshots/ You might need to look for even older ones, but worth a try. Regards, Arve
