RE: [gentoo-user] Won't emerge -uDvp world
Thanks everyone for the info! Michael Turcotte Information Systems City of North Bay 200 McIntyre St. E PO Box 360 North Bay, Ontario P1B 8H8 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.cityofnorthbay.ca > -Original Message- > From: Jason Stubbs [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, April 01, 2005 9:36 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Won't emerge -uDvp world > > On Friday 01 April 2005 23:02, Mike Turcotte wrote: > > Hello I am trying to upgrade my file server that was built a half to > three > > quarters of a year ago using Gentoo 2004.2 GRP. I know this is really > old > > and probably insecure, but it is used mainly for file sharing internally > on > > my network. Anyways, I emerge synced, which went fine, but when I try to > > pretend to emerge -uDvp world to see what it's going to install, I get > the > > error about missing /etc/make.profile and check symlink. What does this > > mean and what can I do about it? Are those the emerge options I should > be > > using for this? > > Okay. You've hit a bug in portage, which you'll side-step, and then have > to > side-step another bug in order to get you back to a supported profile. > Assuming that you do in fact have an /etc/make.profile symlink, first > create > an empty make.defaults under it: > > # touch /etc/make.profile/make.defaults > > Then upgrade portage to the latest, which should be 2.0.51.19. You'll get > a > depracation notice telling you to upgrade your profile. Ignore it. So, > that's > just: > > # emerge portage > > Once that's done, then you can follow whatever the steps shown were to > upgrade > your profile. After that's done, you should be back in business again. > > Regards, > Jason Stubbs > -- > gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Won't emerge -uDvp world
On Friday 01 April 2005 23:02, Mike Turcotte wrote: > Hello I am trying to upgrade my file server that was built a half to three > quarters of a year ago using Gentoo 2004.2 GRP. I know this is really old > and probably insecure, but it is used mainly for file sharing internally on > my network. Anyways, I emerge synced, which went fine, but when I try to > pretend to emerge -uDvp world to see what it's going to install, I get the > error about missing /etc/make.profile and check symlink. What does this > mean and what can I do about it? Are those the emerge options I should be > using for this? Okay. You've hit a bug in portage, which you'll side-step, and then have to side-step another bug in order to get you back to a supported profile. Assuming that you do in fact have an /etc/make.profile symlink, first create an empty make.defaults under it: # touch /etc/make.profile/make.defaults Then upgrade portage to the latest, which should be 2.0.51.19. You'll get a depracation notice telling you to upgrade your profile. Ignore it. So, that's just: # emerge portage Once that's done, then you can follow whatever the steps shown were to upgrade your profile. After that's done, you should be back in business again. Regards, Jason Stubbs -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
RE: [gentoo-user] Won't emerge -uDvp world
> Anyways, I emerge synced, which went fine, but when I try > to pretend to emerge -uDvp world to see what it's going to install, I get > the error about missing /etc/make.profile and check symlink. What does > this mean and what can I do about it? Are those the emerge options I > should be using for this? Possibly your /etc/make.profile is invalid, quite possibly because the emerge --sync process removed the older profiles. Re-create the link to a valid profile from /usr/portage/profiles. I've included my link for your reference... winux root # ls -l /etc/make.profile lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 48 Jan 28 19:45 /etc/make.profile -> ../usr/portage/profiles/default-linux/x86/2004.3 -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Won't emerge -uDvp world
On Apr 1, 2005 9:02 AM, Mike Turcotte <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello I am trying to upgrade my file server that was built a half to three > quarters of a year ago using Gentoo 2004.2 GRP. I know this is really old and > probably insecure, but it is used mainly for file sharing internally on my > network. Anyways, I emerge synced, which went fine, but when I try to pretend > to emerge -uDvp world to see what it's going to install, I get the error > about missing /etc/make.profile and check symlink. What does this mean and > what can I do about it? Are those the emerge options I should be using for > this? > > Thanks in advance > > Michael Turcotte > Information Systems > City of North Bay > 200 McIntyre St. E > PO Box 360 > North Bay, Ontario > P1B 8H8 > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.cityofnorthbay.ca > > -- > gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list > > What you need to do is check out the Gentoo upgrade guide. The newest profile is 2005.0. Check out the guide at http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/gentoo-upgrading.xml -- Brad -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
