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author | Ulrich Müller <ulm@gentoo.org> | 2020-04-22 12:40:57 +0200 |
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committer | Ulrich Müller <ulm@gentoo.org> | 2020-04-22 12:40:57 +0200 |
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Remove old news items up to 2014.
As announced:
https://archives.gentoo.org/gentoo-dev/message/7eb400fcff06b4443b0d4b003feae25a
Signed-off-by: Ulrich Müller <ulm@gentoo.org>
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diff --git a/2014-03-12-profile-eapi-5/2014-03-12-profile-eapi-5.en.txt b/2014-03-12-profile-eapi-5/2014-03-12-profile-eapi-5.en.txt deleted file mode 100644 index 08a8ae6..0000000 --- a/2014-03-12-profile-eapi-5/2014-03-12-profile-eapi-5.en.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,47 +0,0 @@ -Title: Profile EAPI 5 requirement -Author: Zero_Chaos <zerochaos@gentoo.org> -Content-Type: text/plain -Posted: 2014-03-02 -Revision: 1 -News-Item-Format: 1.0 -Display-If-Installed: <sys-apps/portage-2.2.0_alpha130 - -The Gentoo Council has decided that the entire profile tree will be -updated to require EAPI=5 support. - -http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/council/meeting-logs/20140114.txt - -For all non-deprecated profiles this requirement has already been in -place for over one year. If you have updated your system at any point -during 2013, and followed the instructions in the profile deprecation -warnings (which cannot really easily be overlooked), and are running an -up-to-date portage version, there is absolutely nothing that you need -to do now. - -If you are running an installation that has not been updated for more -than a year, the portage tree you have just updated to may be -incompatible with your portage version, and the profile you are using -may be gone. - -It is still possible to upgrade, following these simple steps: - -1.) Do not panic. -2.) Download a portage snapshot from - http://dev.gentoo.org/~zerochaos/snapshots -3.) Unpack the snapshot to ~/tmp -4.) If you are not already, become root -5.) # rsync --recursive --links --safe-links --perms --times --force \ - --whole-file --delete --stats --human-readable \ - --exclude=/distfiles --exclude=/local --exclude=/packages \ - --verbose --progress --omit-dir-times /tmp/portage /usr/portage -6.) # chown portage.portage -R /usr/portage -6.) If needed, set your profile to a modern one (typically named 13.0) -7.) # eselect profile list -8.) # eselect profile set <desired profile> -9.) emerge --update --oneshot portage - -Now that you have a modern copy of portage, you can go back to updating -your system as usual. Please update your system at LEAST twice a year -to avoid issues like this in the future. - -Thanks for flying Gentoo. |