On Tuesday 11 March 2003 15:11, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hello list, > > I'm having difficulty making sense of the following exchange between > my computer and I: > > -------------------- > localhost root # emerge rsync > > <snip /> > > >>> Updating Portage cache... ...done! > > * An update to portage is available. It is _highly_ recommended > * that you update portage now, before any other packages are > updated. * Please do so and then update ALL of your configuration > files. > > localhost root # emerge -up system > > These are the packages that I would merge, in order: > > Calculating system dependencies ...done! > > localhost root # emerge -up world > > These are the packages that I would merge, in order: > > Calculating world dependencies ...done! > > localhost root # > -------------------- > > Shouldn't "emerge -up system" be offering me a new version of > portage? Here's what's installed: > > * sys-apps/portage > Latest version available: 2.0.47-r8 > Latest version installed: 2.0.47-r8 > Size of downloaded files: 170 kB > Homepage: http://www.gentoo.org > Description: Portage ports system > > Thanks for your help, > > Doug Gorley | [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I noticed the same message on an emerge sync a couple of hours ago. I too have the 2.0.47-r8 version of portage. At the least the message should show the version # of the new package. An email this morning announced the availability of an r9 version but my emerge sync didn't pull it. From: Nick Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [gentoo-user] Portage-2.0.47-r9 -- Out for testing -- Regards, Ernie 100% Microsoft and Intel free -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list