Neil, > That's too much to try to do in one go, what do you get with just a > basic system update? > > emerge -up @system
$ emerge -up @system These are the packages that would be merged, in order: Calculating dependencies... done! !!! Ebuilds for the following packages are either all !!! masked or don't exist: sys-apps/elfix !!! All ebuilds that could satisfy ">=app-portage/elt-patches-20170422" have been masked. !!! One of the following masked packages is required to complete your request: - app-portage/elt-patches-20170826.1::gentoo (masked by: EAPI 6) - app-portage/elt-patches-20170815::gentoo (masked by: EAPI 6) - app-portage/elt-patches-20170422::gentoo (masked by: EAPI 6) The current version of portage supports EAPI '5'. You must upgrade to a newer version of portage before EAPI masked packages can be installed. (dependency required by "sys-devel/gcc-7.3.0-r3::gentoo" [ebuild]) (dependency required by "@system" [argument]) For more information, see the MASKED PACKAGES section in the emerge man page or refer to the Gentoo Handbook. > And what do you get when trying to update only portage? > > emerge -p portage $ emerge -p portage These are the packages that would be merged, in order: Calculating dependencies... done! !!! All ebuilds that could satisfy ">=app-arch/tar-1.27" have been masked. !!! One of the following masked packages is required to complete your request: - app-arch/tar-1.30::gentoo (masked by: EAPI 6) The current version of portage supports EAPI '5'. You must upgrade to a newer version of portage before EAPI masked packages can be installed. (dependency required by "sys-apps/portage-2.3.40-r1::gentoo" [ebuild]) (dependency required by "portage" [argument]) For more information, see the MASKED PACKAGES section in the emerge man page or refer to the Gentoo Handbook. Thanks, Zoltan
