When i ran emerge sync i got the message that a new version was available and that it was recomended i upgrade.
I searched the gentoo forum & others and found that I need to log in as root & type the following to update portage:
cd /user/portage
scripts/bootstrap.sh
I tried this and it seemed to work although it took a long time.
when finished I ran emerge sync again and the update message had gone so i guess it was sucessful.
Just to be sure can someone confirm what I did was correct and was it really important to update portage
you need to update portage
Yeah you might be right cos i tried the update to portage on my 2nd xbox using the same method as b4 and this time it took 8 hours and still gave me the message that portage needs updating and i had to type "emerge portage" to get rid of it so the: cd /user/portage & scripts/bootstrap.sh doesnt seem to be the answer. funny how it worked in less than an hour the first time.
I think i'll redoo gentoox on one of my xboxes and try the method you suggest.
I think i'll redoo gentoox on one of my xboxes and try the method you suggest.