Heh. I did the same thing...but then it smacked me in the face. He was in the early stages of a stage1 install and then was trying to *upgrade*...but there was nothing to upgrade at that point in time. :-)
Some wise person (I think it was Sir Arthur Conan Doyle through Sherlock Holmes) said that when all probabilities have been exhausted, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth. Have a great day! --Jason PS: Great name. ;-) On Thu, 2003-11-20 at 21:00, Jason Stubbs wrote: > On Thursday 20 November 2003 23:58, Jason A. Pfeil wrote: > > Hold the phone a minute. > > > > I think that we are all looking past the problem. This problem occurred > > *during* installation. Installation was not finished, so there is no > > system to *upgrade*. The system was not installed yet...so I believe > > that the correct step would be to run > > emerge -p system > > followed by > > emerge system > > > > I think that will go to the root of the problem and fix it. :-) > > Now, I feel embarrassed. I never checked the original link that was given and > assumed that he was at the point in the install guide where it says to > "emerge sync; emerge -u system". Never ASSUME because you make an ASS out of > U and ME, right? ;-) > > Jason > > -- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list -- Jason A. Pfeil [EMAIL PROTECTED] Senior Open Systems Engineer http://www.10East.com 10East, Inc. (904)220-DOCS -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list