On Thu, 2007-08-16 at 19:16 -0400, Dennis Taylor wrote: > I have been trying to update a gentoo system that I had not touched for > around a year. > I managed to mangle some things, and the latest was a complaint about a > file in portage. > I removed to offender and tried to re-emerge portage, but I am still > stuck. If anyone > knows a way I could force it to refresh portage files and/or installed > packages, I would > appreciate it. A pointer to the right place in the docs would be fine, > I just have not been > able to find it, and have lost several days fighting with it already.
you could download a portage snapshot like you were doing a new install, then copy it over /usr/portage. Hopefully when you say you've corrupted portage you're referring to /usr/portage, and not /var etc... Don't know if there are any dangers with this - I've never tried it. HTH, -- Iain Buchanan <iaindb at netspace dot net dot au> Behind every great computer sits a skinny little geek. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
