Upgrading Gentoo... after a year of neglect.

Running a healthy Gentoo machine requires a little bit of attention every month or so. But happens if you do nothing for a year and then try to upgrade?

Posted: Sun 13 Jan, 2019, 19:32
Even though I have used Gentoo Linux for years, I have never successfully upgraded an installation. Whenever I needed a latest version of an application, I had to undertake the painful reinstallation process. Although painful, it alway worked. Unlike upgrading, which just never seemed to work for me. This time however I really wanted to master the upgrade.

Sync portage

First it was necessary to sync Portage, the package manager, with latest versions using a command like this:


        emaint -a sync
        emerge -qav python
        # Add new python version to package.use - if need to jump two versions this may not be possible and need
        # unmerge offending packages
        # https://www.gentoo.org/support/news-items/2021-05-05-python3-9.html
        #*/* PYTHON_TARGETS: python3_7 python3_8 python3_9
        emerge -av1 sys-apps/portage
        

It is highly recommended to run this command every month or so. It had been a year since my last installation and I have never synced in all that time, so I was 12 months out of date. Not a good place to start.

Compiling all the package

Next it was time to recompile all the packages using a command like this:

emerge -utDU --keep-going --with-bdeps=y @world

Colour coded output

  • red - The USE flag is enabled and has not changed.
  • yellow - The USE flag has been added since the package was last installed.
  • green - The USE flag has changed since the last time the package was installed, as the asterisk after it indicates.
  • blue - The USE flag is disabled, as the dash before it indicates.

Which produced all this output. Apart from saying 'You should have updated ages ago!!', what does it mean?

 * IMPORTANT: 13 config files in '/etc/portage' need updating.

        These are the packages that would be merged, in reverse order:

        Calculating dependencies   * See the CONFIGURATION FILES and CONFIGURATION FILES UPDATE TOOLS
         * sections of the emerge man page to learn how to update config files.
        .... . ..... ... done!
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        [blocks B      ] <x11-proto/videoproto-2.3.3-r1 ("<x11-proto/videoproto-2.3.3-r1" is blocking x11-base/xorg-proto-2018.4)
        [blocks B      ] <x11-proto/xf86driproto-2.1.1-r2 ("<x11-proto/xf86driproto-2.1.1-r2" is blocking x11-base/xorg-proto-2018.4)
        [blocks B      ] <x11-proto/compositeproto-0.4.2-r2 ("<x11-proto/compositeproto-0.4.2-r2" is blocking x11-base/xorg-proto-2018.4)
        [blocks B      ] <x11-proto/kbproto-1.0.7-r1 ("<x11-proto/kbproto-1.0.7-r1" is blocking x11-base/xorg-proto-2018.4)
        [blocks B      ] <x11-proto/xf86vidmodeproto-2.3.1-r2 ("<x11-proto/xf86vidmodeproto-2.3.1-r2" is blocking x11-base/xorg-proto-2018.4)

        !!! Multiple package instances within a single package slot have been pulled
        !!! into the dependency graph, resulting in a slot conflict:

        dev-lang/perl:0

          (dev-lang/perl-5.26.2:0/5.26::gentoo, ebuild scheduled for merge) pulled in by
            =dev-lang/perl-5.26* required by (virtual/perl-Test-Harness-3.380.0:0/0::gentoo, ebuild scheduled for merge)
            ^              ^^^^^                                                                                         
            (and 35 more with the same problem)

          (dev-lang/perl-5.24.3-r1:0/5.24::gentoo, ebuild scheduled for merge) pulled in by
            dev-lang/perl:0/5.24= required by (virtual/perl-File-Temp-0.230.400-r5:0/0::gentoo, installed)
                         ^^^^^^^^                                                                          
            (and 22 more with the same problem)

        sys-libs/glibc:2.2

          (sys-libs/glibc-2.27-r6:2.2/2.2::gentoo, ebuild scheduled for merge) pulled in by
            >=sys-libs/glibc-2.26[multilib?] required by (dev-java/icedtea-bin-3.9.0-r1:8/8::gentoo, ebuild scheduled for merge)
            ^^               ^^^^                                                                                                

          (sys-libs/glibc-2.25-r10:2.2/2.2::gentoo, installed) pulled in by
            <sys-libs/glibc-2.26 required by (net-libs/libnsl-0:0/1::gentoo, installed)
            ^               ^^^^                                                        

        NOTE: Use the '--verbose-conflicts' option to display parents omitted above

        It may be possible to solve this problem by using package.mask to
        prevent one of those packages from being selected. However, it is also
        possible that conflicting dependencies exist such that they are
        impossible to satisfy simultaneously.  If such a conflict exists in
        the dependencies of two different packages, then those packages can
        not be installed simultaneously.

        For more information, see MASKED PACKAGES section in the emerge man
        page or refer to the Gentoo Handbook.


         * Error: The above package list contains packages which cannot be
         * installed at the same time on the same system.

          (x11-proto/xf86vidmodeproto-2.3.1-r1:0/0::gentoo, installed) pulled in by
            >=x11-proto/xf86vidmodeproto-2.2.99.1 required by (x11-base/xorg-server-1.19.5-r1:0/1.19.5::gentoo, installed)

          (x11-proto/compositeproto-0.4.2-r1:0/0::gentoo, installed) pulled in by
            >=x11-proto/compositeproto-0.4 required by (x11-base/xorg-server-1.19.5-r1:0/1.19.5::gentoo, installed)

          (x11-proto/inputproto-2.3.2:0/0::gentoo, installed) pulled in by
            >=x11-proto/inputproto-2.3 required by (x11-base/xorg-server-1.19.5-r1:0/1.19.5::gentoo, installed)

          (x11-base/xorg-proto-2018.4:0/0::gentoo, ebuild scheduled for merge) pulled in by
            x11-base/xorg-proto required by (x11-libs/libXtst-1.2.3-r1:0/0::gentoo, ebuild scheduled for merge)
            x11-base/xorg-proto required by (x11-libs/libvdpau-1.1.1:0/0::gentoo, installed)
            x11-base/xorg-proto required by (x11-libs/xcb-util-cursor-0.1.3-r2:0/0::gentoo, ebuild scheduled for merge)
            x11-base/xorg-proto required by (x11-libs/libXaw-1.0.13-r1:0/0::gentoo, ebuild scheduled for merge)
            x11-base/xorg-proto required by (x11-misc/slim-1.3.6-r5:0/0::gentoo, installed)
            x11-base/xorg-proto required by (x11-apps/xprop-1.2.3:0/0::gentoo, installed)
            x11-base/xorg-proto required by (x11-libs/xcb-util-image-0.4.0-r1:0/0::gentoo, ebuild scheduled for merge)
            x11-base/xorg-proto required by (x11-libs/libICE-1.0.9-r2:0/0::gentoo, ebuild scheduled for merge)
            x11-base/xorg-proto required by (media-libs/mesa-18.2.8:0/0::gentoo, ebuild scheduled for merge)
            x11-base/xorg-proto required by (x11-libs/libXdamage-1.1.4-r2:0/0::gentoo, ebuild scheduled for merge)
            x11-base/xorg-proto required by (x11-libs/libXfixes-5.0.3-r1:0/0::gentoo, ebuild scheduled for merge)
            x11-base/xorg-proto required by (x11-libs/libXrender-0.9.10-r1:0/0::gentoo, ebuild scheduled for merge)
            x11-base/xorg-proto required by (x11-libs/libXxf86vm-1.1.4-r1:0/0::gentoo, ebuild scheduled for merge)
            x11-base/xorg-proto required by (x11-drivers/xf86-input-evdev-2.10.6:0/0::gentoo, ebuild scheduled for merge)
            x11-base/xorg-proto required by (media-sound/pulseaudio-12.2:0/0::gentoo, ebuild scheduled for merge)
            x11-base/xorg-proto required by (media-libs/gst-plugins-base-1.14.4-r1:1.0/1.0::gentoo, ebuild scheduled for merge)
            x11-base/xorg-proto required by (x11-libs/libXt-1.1.5-r1:0/0::gentoo, ebuild scheduled for merge)
            x11-base/xorg-proto required by (media-gfx/feh-2.18.3:0/0::gentoo, installed)
            x11-base/xorg-proto required by (x11-libs/libXmu-1.1.2-r1:0/0::gentoo, ebuild scheduled for merge)
            x11-base/xorg-proto required by (x11-libs/libXScrnSaver-1.2.3:0/0::gentoo, ebuild scheduled for merge)
            x11-base/xorg-proto required by (x11-libs/libXfont2-2.0.3-r1:0/0::gentoo, ebuild scheduled for merge)
            x11-base/xorg-proto required by (x11-libs/libXinerama-1.1.4:0/0::gentoo, ebuild scheduled for merge)
            x11-base/xorg-proto required by (x11-apps/iceauth-1.0.8:0/0::gentoo, installed)
            x11-base/xorg-proto required by (x11-libs/libxkbfile-1.0.9-r2:0/0::gentoo, ebuild scheduled for merge)
            x11-base/xorg-proto required by (x11-libs/gtk+-3.24.1:3/3::gentoo, ebuild scheduled for merge)
            x11-base/xorg-proto required by (x11-libs/libXft-2.3.2-r1:0/0::gentoo, ebuild scheduled for merge)
            x11-base/xorg-proto required by (x11-apps/sessreg-1.1.1:0/0::gentoo, installed)
            x11-base/xorg-proto required by (x11-libs/libXcomposite-0.4.4-r2:0/0::gentoo, ebuild scheduled for merge)
            x11-base/xorg-proto required by (x11-apps/mkfontscale-1.1.3:0/0::gentoo, installed)
            x11-base/xorg-proto required by (x11-libs/libSM-1.2.3:0/0::gentoo, ebuild scheduled for merge)
            x11-base/xorg-proto required by (x11-apps/rgb-1.0.6:0/0::gentoo, installed)
            x11-base/xorg-proto required by (x11-libs/motif-2.3.8-r1:0/0::gentoo, ebuild scheduled for merge)
            x11-base/xorg-proto required by (x11-libs/libXi-1.7.9-r1:0/0::gentoo, ebuild scheduled for merge)
            x11-base/xorg-proto required by (x11-libs/libX11-1.6.7:0/0::gentoo, ebuild scheduled for merge)
            x11-base/xorg-proto required by (x11-wm/openbox-3.6.1:3/3::gentoo, installed)
            x11-base/xorg-proto required by (x11-libs/libXv-1.0.11-r1:0/0::gentoo, ebuild scheduled for merge)
            x11-base/xorg-proto required by (x11-drivers/xf86-input-synaptics-1.9.1:0/0::gentoo, ebuild scheduled for merge)
            x11-base/xorg-proto required by (x11-libs/libfontenc-1.1.3-r1:0/0::gentoo, ebuild scheduled for merge)
            x11-base/xorg-proto required by (media-libs/libmpeg2-0.5.1-r2:0/0::gentoo, installed)
            x11-base/xorg-proto required by (x11-libs/xcb-util-keysyms-0.4.0-r1:0/0::gentoo, ebuild scheduled for merge)
            x11-base/xorg-proto required by (x11-libs/libXext-1.3.3-r1:0/0::gentoo, ebuild scheduled for merge)
            x11-base/xorg-proto required by (x11-libs/pango-1.42.4:0/0::gentoo, ebuild scheduled for merge)
            x11-base/xorg-proto required by (x11-libs/cairo-1.14.12:0/0::gentoo, installed)
            x11-base/xorg-proto required by (x11-libs/libxshmfence-1.3-r1:0/0::gentoo, ebuild scheduled for merge)
            x11-base/xorg-proto required by (x11-libs/gtk+-2.24.32-r1:2/2::gentoo, ebuild scheduled for merge)
            x11-base/xorg-proto required by (x11-libs/libXrandr-1.5.1-r1:0/0::gentoo, ebuild scheduled for merge)
            x11-base/xorg-proto required by (x11-libs/libXdmcp-1.1.2-r2:0/0::gentoo, ebuild scheduled for merge)
            x11-base/xorg-proto required by (x11-libs/libxkbcommon-0.8.2:0/0::gentoo, ebuild scheduled for merge)
            x11-base/xorg-proto required by (x11-libs/libXpm-3.5.12-r1:0/0::gentoo, ebuild scheduled for merge)
            x11-base/xorg-proto required by (x11-apps/bdftopcf-1.1:0/0::gentoo, ebuild scheduled for merge)
            x11-base/xorg-proto required by (x11-libs/libXau-1.0.8-r1:0/0::gentoo, ebuild scheduled for merge)
            x11-base/xorg-proto required by (x11-terms/xterm-327:0/0::gentoo, installed)

          (x11-proto/xextproto-7.3.0:0/0::gentoo, installed) pulled in by
            >=x11-proto/xextproto-7.2.99.901 required by (x11-base/xorg-server-1.19.5-r1:0/1.19.5::gentoo, installed)
            >=x11-proto/xextproto-7.2.1-r1[abi_x86_64(-)] required by (media-libs/imlib2-1.4.9:0/0::gentoo, installed)
            >=x11-proto/xextproto-7.2.1-r1[abi_x86_64(-)] required by (x11-proto/fixesproto-5.0-r1:0/0::gentoo, installed)

          (x11-proto/resourceproto-1.2.0:0/0::gentoo, installed) pulled in by
            >=x11-proto/resourceproto-1.2.0 required by (x11-base/xorg-server-1.19.5-r1:0/1.19.5::gentoo, installed)

          (x11-proto/xcmiscproto-1.2.2:0/0::gentoo, installed) pulled in by
            >=x11-proto/xcmiscproto-1.2.0 required by (x11-base/xorg-server-1.19.5-r1:0/1.19.5::gentoo, installed)

          (x11-proto/fixesproto-5.0-r1:0/0::gentoo, installed) pulled in by
            >=x11-proto/fixesproto-5.0 required by (x11-base/xorg-server-1.19.5-r1:0/1.19.5::gentoo, installed)

          (x11-proto/xf86driproto-2.1.1-r1:0/0::gentoo, installed) pulled in by
            >=x11-proto/xf86driproto-2.1.0 required by (x11-base/xorg-server-1.19.5-r1:0/1.19.5::gentoo, installed)

          (x11-proto/dri3proto-1.0:0/0::gentoo, installed) pulled in by
            >=x11-proto/dri3proto-1.0 required by (x11-base/xorg-server-1.19.5-r1:0/1.19.5::gentoo, installed)

          (x11-proto/presentproto-1.1:0/0::gentoo, installed) pulled in by
            >=x11-proto/presentproto-1.0 required by (x11-base/xorg-server-1.19.5-r1:0/1.19.5::gentoo, installed)

          (x11-proto/damageproto-1.2.1-r1:0/0::gentoo, installed) pulled in by
            >=x11-proto/damageproto-1.1 required by (x11-base/xorg-server-1.19.5-r1:0/1.19.5::gentoo, installed)

          (x11-proto/glproto-1.4.17-r1:0/0::gentoo, installed) pulled in by
            >=x11-proto/glproto-1.4.17-r1 required by (x11-base/xorg-server-1.19.5-r1:0/1.19.5::gentoo, installed)

          (x11-proto/xf86dgaproto-2.1-r2:0/0::gentoo, installed) pulled in by
            >=x11-proto/xf86dgaproto-2.0.99.1 required by (x11-base/xorg-server-1.19.5-r1:0/1.19.5::gentoo, installed)

          (x11-proto/xproto-7.0.31:0/0::gentoo, installed) pulled in by
            x11-proto/xproto required by (games-board/xboard-4.8.0-r1:0/0::gentoo, installed)
            >=x11-proto/xproto-7.0.31 required by (x11-base/xorg-server-1.19.5-r1:0/1.19.5::gentoo, installed)
            >=x11-proto/xproto-7.0.24[abi_x86_64(-)] required by (media-libs/imlib2-1.4.9:0/0::gentoo, installed)

          (net-libs/rpcsvc-proto-1.3.1-r1:0/0::gentoo, ebuild scheduled for merge) pulled in by
            net-libs/rpcsvc-proto required by (net-fs/autofs-5.1.2:0/0::gentoo, ebuild scheduled for merge)

          (x11-proto/videoproto-2.3.3:0/0::gentoo, installed) pulled in by
            >=x11-proto/videoproto-2.2.2 required by (x11-base/xorg-server-1.19.5-r1:0/1.19.5::gentoo, installed)

          (x11-proto/randrproto-1.5.0:0/0::gentoo, installed) pulled in by
            >=x11-proto/randrproto-1.5.0 required by (x11-base/xorg-server-1.19.5-r1:0/1.19.5::gentoo, installed)

          (x11-proto/renderproto-0.11.1-r1:0/0::gentoo, installed) pulled in by
            >=x11-proto/renderproto-0.11 required by (x11-base/xorg-server-1.19.5-r1:0/1.19.5::gentoo, installed)

          (x11-proto/xineramaproto-1.2.1-r1:0/0::gentoo, installed) pulled in by
            >=x11-proto/xineramaproto-1.1.3 required by (x11-base/xorg-server-1.19.5-r1:0/1.19.5::gentoo, installed)

          (x11-proto/fontsproto-2.1.3:0/0::gentoo, installed) pulled in by
            >=x11-proto/fontsproto-2.1.3 required by (x11-base/xorg-server-1.19.5-r1:0/1.19.5::gentoo, installed)

          (x11-proto/trapproto-3.4.3:0/0::gentoo, installed) pulled in by
            >=x11-proto/trapproto-3.4.3 required by (x11-base/xorg-server-1.19.5-r1:0/1.19.5::gentoo, installed)

          (x11-proto/recordproto-1.14.2-r1:0/0::gentoo, installed) pulled in by
            >=x11-proto/recordproto-1.13.99.1 required by (x11-base/xorg-server-1.19.5-r1:0/1.19.5::gentoo, installed)

          (x11-proto/bigreqsproto-1.1.2:0/0::gentoo, installed) pulled in by
            >=x11-proto/bigreqsproto-1.1.0 required by (x11-base/xorg-server-1.19.5-r1:0/1.19.5::gentoo, installed)

          (x11-proto/scrnsaverproto-1.2.2-r1:0/0::gentoo, installed) pulled in by
            >=x11-proto/scrnsaverproto-1.1 required by (x11-base/xorg-server-1.19.5-r1:0/1.19.5::gentoo, installed)

          (x11-proto/kbproto-1.0.7:0/0::gentoo, installed) pulled in by
            >=x11-proto/kbproto-1.0.3 required by (x11-base/xorg-server-1.19.5-r1:0/1.19.5::gentoo, installed)

          (x11-proto/dri2proto-2.8-r1:0/0::gentoo, installed) pulled in by
            >=x11-proto/dri2proto-2.8 required by (x11-base/xorg-server-1.19.5-r1:0/1.19.5::gentoo, installed)


        For more information about Blocked Packages, please refer to the following
        section of the Gentoo Linux x86 Handbook (architecture is irrelevant):

        https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Handbook:X86/Working/Portage#Blocked_packages


        The following USE changes are necessary to proceed:
         (see "package.use" in the portage(5) man page for more details)
        # required by x11-libs/libxcb-1.13.1::gentoo
        # required by x11-libs/xcb-util-image-0.4.0-r1::gentoo
        # required by x11-libs/xcb-util-0.4.0-r1::gentoo
        >=x11-base/xcb-proto-1.13 abi_x86_32

        Use --autounmask-write to write changes to config files (honoring
        CONFIG_PROTECT). Carefully examine the list of proposed changes,
        paying special attention to mask or keyword changes that may expose
        experimental or unstable packages.

         * In order to avoid wasting time, backtracking has terminated early
         * due to the above autounmask change(s). The --autounmask-backtrack=y
         * option can be used to force further backtracking, but there is no
         * guarantee that it will produce a solution.

        !!! The following installed packages are masked:
        - sys-libs/binutils-libs-2.29.1-r1::gentoo (masked by: package.mask)
        /usr/portage/profiles/package.mask:
        # Micha&#322; G�rny <mgorny@gentoo.org>, Andreas K. H�ttel <dilfridge@gentoo.org>,
        # Matthias Maier <tamiko@gentoo.org> (21 May 2017 and later updates)
        # These old versions of toolchain packages (binutils, gcc, glibc) are no
        # longer officially supported and are not suitable for general use. Using
        # these packages can result in build failures (and possible breakage) for
        # many packages, and may leave your system vulnerable to known security
        # exploits.
        # If you still use one of these old toolchain packages, please upgrade (and
        # switch the compiler / the binutils) ASAP. If you need them for a specific
        # (isolated) use case, feel free to unmask them on your system.

        - x11-base/xorg-server-1.19.5-r1::gentoo (masked by: package.mask)
        /usr/portage/profiles/package.mask:
        # Jeroen Roovers <jer@gentoo.org> (14 Dec 2018)
        # Deprecated short lived branches https://www.nvidia.com/object/unix.html
        # Unsupported legacy branch 304 https://bugs.gentoo.org/669588
        # See https://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/3142 for timelines on
        # upstream support for various branches. File a bug report if you absolutely
        # must use one of these ebuilds.
        # Removal on or about 16 January 2019

        - sys-libs/glibc-2.25-r10::gentoo (masked by: package.mask)
        - x11-base/xorg-drivers-1.19::gentoo (masked by: package.mask)
        - net-libs/libnsl-0::gentoo (masked by: package.mask)
        /usr/portage/profiles/package.mask:
        # Andreas K. H�ttel <dilfridge@gentoo.org> (11 Sep 2018)
        # Mask transition ebuilds that were needed only for <glibc-2.26
        # We will keep them in the tree as long as we have masked
        # <glibc-2.26.

        For more information, see the MASKED PACKAGES section in the emerge
        man page or refer to the Gentoo Handbook.

        

To address some of the masked package issues, I tried to upgrade those packages first:


        emerge -va dev-lang/perl
        emerge -av www-client/firefox-bin
        emerge -va sys-devel/binutils
        emerge -va x11-base/xorg-server]

        

Then very quickly became blocked on Perl version slot conflict - two versions required and only one slot. Although I did not know this at the time, this may because I was not working with @world which would upgrade all packages latest Perl. By sometimes focussing on just say @xserver, it was having to leave packages outside this set on the old version, which caused the conflict.


         * IMPORTANT: config file '/etc/portage/package.keywords/zz-autounmask' needs updating.
         * See the CONFIGURATION FILES and CONFIGURATION FILES UPDATE TOOLS
         * sections of the emerge man page to learn how to update config files.

        These are the packages that would be merged, in reverse order:

        Calculating dependencies... done!

        !!! Multiple package instances within a single package slot have been pulled
        !!! into the dependency graph, resulting in a slot conflict:

        dev-lang/perl:0

          (dev-lang/perl-5.26.2:0/5.26::gentoo, ebuild scheduled for merge) pulled in by
            (no parents that aren't satisfied by other packages in this slot)

          (dev-lang/perl-5.24.3-r1:0/5.24::gentoo, ebuild scheduled for merge) pulled in by
            dev-lang/perl:0/5.24= required by (dev-perl/Locale-gettext-1.70.0:0/0::gentoo, installed)
                         ^^^^^^^^                                                                                                        
            (and 4 more with the same problem)

        NOTE: Use the '--verbose-conflicts' option to display parents omitted above

        It may be possible to solve this problem by using package.mask to
        prevent one of those packages from being selected. However, it is also
        possible that conflicting dependencies exist such that they are
        impossible to satisfy simultaneously.  If such a conflict exists in
        the dependencies of two different packages, then those packages can
        not be installed simultaneously. You may want to try a larger value of
        the --backtrack option, such as --backtrack=30, in order to see if
        that will solve this conflict automatically.

        For more information, see MASKED PACKAGES section in the emerge man
        page or refer to the Gentoo Handbook.


        !!! All ebuilds that could satisfy "~app-admin/apache-tools-2.4.34" have been masked.
        !!! One of the following masked packages is required to complete your request:
        - app-admin/apache-tools-2.4.34::gentoo (masked by: EAPI 7)

        The current version of portage supports EAPI '6'. You must upgrade to a
        newer version of portage before EAPI masked packages can be installed.
        (dependency required by "www-servers/apache-2.4.34-r2::gentoo" [ebuild])
        (dependency required by "@apps" [set])
        (dependency required by "@selected" [set])
        (dependency required by "@world" [argument])
        For more information, see the MASKED PACKAGES section in the emerge
        man page or refer to the Gentoo Handbook.

        

But back to the issues further up:

  • <x11-proto/scrnsaverproto-1.2.2-r2 ("<x11-proto/scrnsaverproto-1.2.2-r2" is blocking x11-base/xorg-proto-2018.4) - To address this I unmerged the proto stuff that had slot conflicts.
  • dev-lang/perl:0 slot conflict - Again I unmerged old perl version. A word of caution, I know this was probably a road of no return, either I successfully merged the replacement or many parts of my system would not work on restart.
  • sys-apps/portage:0 slot conflict - After these uninstalls I was left with Portage slot conflict, but I could not unmerge portage so I raised an issue on the gentoo forum https://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-1092054.html?sid=2e9bbcb17d33a52463054da1b99b50c0
  • Following the advice from the forum I this command to upgrade Portage but forcing Python to stay on 3.5 just now: PYTHON_TARGETS="python3_5" emerge -1va portage gentoolkit java-config
  • However since the EAPI version had moved from 6 to 7 during the last yeas,I now required EAPI 7 support so moved then to python 3.6 using this page https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Python
  • Then with Python upgraded, I wanted rebuild Portage on the latest version of Python - emerge -uDNav --with-bdeps=y --backtrack=100 --keep-going sys-apps/portage app-portage/gemato dev-python/setuptools
  • All was looking good so I went back to trying to rebuild some of my packages - just the @xserver set, however there were still loads of conflicts (due to issue mentioned above).
  • Then I tried to upgrade @world as one last try, and it worked!

Bad conflict resolutions

During my last upgrade, I was happily --unmerging packages that had a slot conflict but then eventually I could not get anything to build. There were dependencies on old packages that were now no longer available and could not be rebuilt. No matter what I tried I could not get anything to build.

Within the conflict message it sometime says package1 pulled in by package2 required by package3 . If I did a --oneshot (to stop it being added to @world), of each of the required packages to force a rebuild then it did no work - they refused to build due to conflicts on the other. However when I started doing a oneshot on both packages together then suddenly they built. Doing this a few times then unlocked builds higher up and I could then rebuild @world.

Some useful commands:

  • qlist -IRv | egrep qt
  • sudo emerge -va --oneshot `equery d sys-libs/readline | awk '{print " ="$1}'
  • sudo equery d sys-libs/readline
  • sudo equery g app-office/libreoffice

Lessons

  • Gentoo Forums support is awesome! Two people replied within 10 minutes.
  • Sync much more often than once a year
  • Upgrade portage package if EAPI has changed since last sync
  • Upgrade python if necessary and rebuild portage with new use
  • Then do @world altogether - this is best bet to resolve slot conflicts.

After this was all done, I moved to this update the kernel (and copied old config over) using this excellent https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Kernel/Upgrade.