On 22 October 2010 11:02, James <wirel...@tampabay.rr.com> wrote: > Hello, > > Well here it seems that openrc is going ~arch > > http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-688090.html > > So has it been decided that openrc is the way forward? > > > Any caveats with openrc we should be aware of? >
Just to put in my two cents, which is largely a smaller general point and not related to the fairly informative discussion regarding openrc itself. Basically, any time I do a major update like this, I make a disk image styled backup. I run other backups more regularly (rsnapshot), but if something hits the fan on an update and I don't have the time, patience, or luck to fix it right away, then I just toss my system back to exactly how it was without fretting. These days it's either the first point (a matter of time right then) or just a comfort factor from my older days of doing large Gentoo updates and not knowing a lot of the basics of how to properly update. Anyway, systemrescuecd or even something simple like gparted live cd will have partimage which is a quick and easy tool for full backups. Just don't turn off the 2GB file size if you use the gzip option (something goes wrong that I forget now). Of course you can even use dd if you it's your style. I'm aware this strays slightly from the main question asked here, but I think that question was considered already by others. That being said, I too did the openrc migration a long ways back and it was fine. I also agree with the general sentiment that sticking with ARCH or ~ARCH makes more sense. But if you have some time right now to do updates and plan to be really busy in the near future, then that could be a reason to do such an update. ~daid
