On Friday 18 April 2008, robert anstuther wrote: > Hi, I am new to Gentoo so accept my apologies if this is a blatently > stupid question. I want to install the latest version of a package on > our site, on checking the various gentoo boxes I discovered that the > versions of the package varied a lot. therefore I ran "emerge --sync" > this worked fine but finished with the message that a new portage was > available and that I should run the command in the above subject > field, and then update ALL my config files, I am worried that I mess > up my kernel by proceeding, I have checked the wiki and read through > the emerge docs, but it is still not totally clear to me, Any help or > suggested further reading very much appreciated. > > > Thanks, Boba.
Hi Boba, Your questions are all fully explained in the Gentoo Handbook: http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/index.xml It is perfectly normal for portage to want to update itself first when doing a system update. Portage will update, then it re-runs the system update so that the new system is now in charge. -- Alan McKinnon alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
