Re: My portage is hosed (segfaults) and I dont knowwhy...

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My portage is hosed (segfaults) and I dont know...
\ Rasmus Andersen (7 Feb 2008)
. \ Neil Bothwick (7 Feb 2008)
. . \ Rasmus Andersen (7 Feb 2008)
. \ tecnic5 (7 Feb 2008)

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Subject:	Re: My portage is hosed (segfaults) and I dont knowwhy...
Group:	Gentoo-user
From:	Rasmus Andersen
Date:	7 Feb 2008

On Thu, Feb 07, 2008 at 03:39:48PM +0000, Neil Bothwick wrote:
> On Thu, 7 Feb 2008 16:31:29 +0100, Rasmus Andersen wrote:
>
> > How do I reestablish python
> > and/or portage with the least pain? I have both in my PKGDIR, can I
> > 'just' untar them on top of the existing installation?
>
> Yes, untar then in /, ignoring the warning about invalid data at the end
> (this is metadata added by portage). Once things are working again,
> re-emerge them properly.

Thanks. That did it.

Rasmus
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