On 16/08/2016 20:04, Mick wrote: > The longest I've taken to update a server was around 6 months - I was > planning > to retire it, but plans changed. If anything it tested my memory, because I > came across each and every problem I had come across when I was updating my > other systems in the previous 6 months. ;-)
I went three years once. But I got lucky, if you recall portage development speeded up a lot 2 years or so ago and was far less busy before that. I did that update at the tail end of the less busy period. Took about 2 weeks :-) And I did come across all the same problems you mention. I did it mostly to prove to myself I still have what it takes, but it sure wasn't worth it for any other reason. The box gets updated about monthly now - it has a small number of routine arch packages found on a LAN, and updates maybe 20 or so packages a month. -- Alan McKinnon alan.mckin...@gmail.com
