an update to portage is available

[bryhawks]

Howdy all!

Firstly I have always used RPM based distros and have toyed with the idea of Gentoo and the like... Well I made the switch and man did it take some time(there is no looking back now!), I started replacing my servers with Gentoo and then my desktops with Sabayon but I am digressing. I keep bumping into. 'an update to portage is available' so I start to update it but I notice that it starts downgrading packages then eventually seemed to break the desktop I am testing on. My question is what should I do with this and are there any great tips and tricks out there? I did do some searching but didn't really quite find a good answer. Thanks in advance and I must say that Sabayon 4.1 is pretty darn sexy!

[wolfden]

may want to try:
http://wiki.sabayonlinux.org/index.php? ... t_to_do.3F

[bryhawks]

Thanks for the reply Wolf... I found that post before I even installed and once I finished the install that was the first thing I did. Everything seems ok if I ignore the portage update, I can update, install new packages and so on. I just am not sure what to do about it. I reckon that at some point it may starting breaking.

[arjay]

Same problem bryhawks. I emerged portage and it downgraded some things, which I then turned right around in entropy and updated again. I suppose I could mask what it wants to downgrade to until such time as any kinks are worked out, but it hasn't been a problem of anything breaking afterward for me. If it had, I would just use what I have until entropy complains, then back everything up, and finally emerge portage and layman sync. Entropy is still kind of new to me. Previously, I just used portage as in gentoo if I needed to do anything. Now however, I use entropy (equo) unless there is something I can't live without in portage that is not in entropy (rkhunter for example).

G'luck!

[bryhawks]

Arjay,

That might be a good idea... I will give it a try when I get a chance, maybe a week or so before I get to it. In the interum I think I am going to grab a snapshot of my machine so if I do break it I can quickly plop it back in (I have configured this machine to be really sweet! Hate to lose all that work)!

By the way, I just have to say it again.. Thus far Sabayon is a very nice Gentoo alternative!

[kodiakmax]

It is not a good idea to mix entropy (equo/spritz) and portage(emerge/portato). You will most likely end up with a broken system unless you are careful and know what you are doing. You should try to stick to one package management system or the other.