On Saturday 16 July 2011 17:53:48 Stroller wrote: > A bit of a long shot, this, but has anyone got any older Portage snapshots > kicking around, by any chance? > > I have a box which hasn't been updated in 2 - 3 years. It would normally be > easiest to format and reinstall, but in this case the box in question is a > PS3 which was installed using the experimental PS3 stages which are (I > think) no longer available. > > I'm pretty sure this machine has some PS3-specific hacks applied, so I think > an attempt to upgrade the hard way is worthwhile. If it doesn't work I'll > probably try Debian, or something. > > I have no illusions that attempting this *will* be a pain the ass, because > in the past I've updated machines which have been ignored for 18 months, > and that required lots of manually digging in the Portage CVS attic and > copying files into the local overlay by hand. > > So if anyone has any Portage snapshots that are sufficiently old left lying > around from an old install, it would save me that grunt work. > > Alternatively, if you, too, have a machine that hasn't been updated a long > time, maybe you'll be able to help me by tarring up a copy of the Portage > tree. > > Thanks for looking, > > Stroller.
deinstall everything you don't need to install the rest. Then update that base system. Afterwards install all the stuff you need. The less packages installed, the easier the update. -- #163933
