On Sat, 1 Mar 2008 12:16:36 -0800 "Mark Knecht" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Sat, Mar 1, 2008 at 11:09 AM, Chris Walters <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > Hash: SHA512 > > > > Hello, > > > > Can anyone tell me what packages you know of that will break your > > system if you choose to put "ACCEPT_KEYWORDS=~amd64" in your > > make.conf file? I have had my system break, twice now, from a > > package upgrade - I think that one of the culprits is gawk, but > > can't be certain. > > > > I do know that the only way to fix the problem was to restore from > > backup, or to try re-installing again. I just want to know which > > packages are so unstable that I should mask them. TIA. doesn't sound like a broken package to me. perhaps something else got borked? > > Regards, > > Chris > > > > Hi Chris, > I don't think your question can be answered as phrased. > > *Any* package marked with '~' is 'new', 'in testing', 'unstable', > etc. Very few (in my experience) 'break' my machine, but I have a rule > that any package energed as part of emerge system must be stable and I > personally add ~x86 or ~amd64 only for specific packages that I want > or need some new feature. My experience is the same as Mark's. I use ~amd64 only when necessary, and although sometimes it doesn't work or is buggy afterwords (after all, it's testing) it has never once broken the system. That having been said, I wouldn't use it for system critical anything (other than the kernel). > Hope this helps, > Mark -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
