if you check the updated howto it does say to emerge portage before a sync. Yes MOST of the time it is VERY important to install/upgrade portage first. After update run sync aswell
----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark Knecht" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Gentoo-User" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, May 28, 2003 7:35 PM Subject: [gentoo-user] New machine - recommended to update portage? > Hi, > I'm bringing up a second machine here in my office. I'm slightly more > Gentoo knowledgeable than 3 weeks ago when I did this the first time. This > time I notice a message about a portage update being available and a > recommendation to update portage before doing anything else. emerge -p > portage says that it would install 2.0.48. (I didn't know to do an emerge -p > on my first install!) > > Is updating portage the right thing to do? Any problems likely to happen? > > Waiting for a quick answer before moving forward. > > Thanks, > Mark > > > > -- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list > > -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
