Try this: > Get the post 2.6 python source and compile:
emerge --fetchonly =dev-lang/python-2.7.1-r1 cd tar xjf /usr/portage/distfiles/Python-2.7.1.tar.bz2 cd Python-2.7.1/ ./configure --with-fpectl --infodir=/usr/share/info/ --mandir=/usr/share/man make make install prefix=/usr rm /usr/bin/python 2>/dev/null ln -s /usr/bin/python2.7 /usr/bin/python > get portage bin, copy then compile on your own, just to be safe wget -P /usr/portage/distfiles http://distfiles.gentoo.org/distfiles/portage-2.1.9.42.tar.bz2 cd /root mkdir portage-recover cd portage-recover tar xfj /usr/portage/distfiles/portage-2.1.9.42.tar.bz2 cd /root/portage-recover/portage-2.1.9.42 rm -rf /usr/lib/portage/* cp -R pym bin /usr/lib/portage/ emerge sys-apps/portage > emerge python 2.7.1 just to be safe eselect python list eselect python set 3 emerge =dev-lang/python-2.7.1-r1 > Run Python Updater now that you have the new python set as the master python on your system python-updater > Then update any configs etc-update 2011/6/29 Todd Hebert <t...@iil.ie> > Does anyone know of a howto etc.. for dropping a new portage version into a > system where you can't BUILD a new portage version due to license > restrictions. (Portage doesn't understand the EAPI 2 license scheme, and > there are items that require it in order to build.) > > > > > -- Kind regards, Denis Bondar
