Re: [gentoo-user] What is the best way forward? - Update 1
On 2/26/21 11:55 PM, Arve Barsnes wrote: I'm not sure what you're saying here, but the ebuild files of the installed packages are in /var/db/pkg Hum. Today I Learned... The ebuild and what looks like additional metadata files are in the /var/db/pkg directory tree. But the source files aren't in the tree. At least not for the example package I looked at. Find across the /var/db/pkg tree does not find any tar files either. -- Grant. . . . unix || die
Re: [gentoo-user] What is the best way forward? - Update 1
On Fri, 26 Feb 2021 at 23:30, Grant Taylor wrote: > > If the packages are installed, the ebuilds are in var/db/pkg. > > The package (distribution files) for the version that is installed are > in distfiles. But that does little for an ebuild that's looking for a > newer version that's no longer on the expected mirrors. I'm not sure what you're saying here, but the ebuild files of the installed packages are in /var/db/pkg Regards, Arve
Re: [gentoo-user] What is the best way forward? - Update 1
On 2/26/21 12:50 PM, Neil Bothwick wrote: Ah yes, I hadn't thought about the mirrors being too up to date. There's also issue with older packages being installed. E.g. I have an older kernel source (4.14.127) that I'm keeping around for various reasons. I've found that the Gentoo repo / portage removes older ebuild files. So, I've had to source them and add them to my local repo. Even putting the old ebuilds into my local repo is entertaining because repoman / ebuild fail to download the source files b/c the mirrors have updated. Hence finding files and putting them in distfiles. If the packages are installed, the ebuilds are in var/db/pkg. The package (distribution files) for the version that is installed are in distfiles. But that does little for an ebuild that's looking for a newer version that's no longer on the expected mirrors. The kernel shouldn't be a problem, I would expect you to be able to jump straight to the current version, although you may prefer to recompile it once you are fully up to date on the toolchain. This system has both Open vSwitch and OpenZFS, so I'm loath to allow automation to change the kernel version. That will be a problem for future me to deal with manually. -- Grant. . . . unix || die
Re: [gentoo-user] What is the best way forward? - Update 1
On Fri, 26 Feb 2021 11:44:12 -0700, Grant Taylor wrote: > I have run into a few problems where emerge can't download files. So > I'm finding them online, downloading them, and saving them to > /usr/portage/distfiles. Ah yes, I hadn't thought about the mirrors being too up to date. > I have had a couple things (really old kernel source still installed) > that I needed to find the ebuild files for. I added them to my local > repository. If the packages are installed, the ebuilds are in var/db/pkg. The kernel shouldn't be a problem, I would expect you to be able to jump straight to the current version, although you may prefer to recompile it once you are fully up to date on the toolchain. -- Neil Bothwick Crash: (v.) to terminate a program in the usual fashion, i.e. by locking up the computer or setting fire to the printer. (n.) the process of such termination. pgp2YWCTTcJ51.pgp Description: OpenPGP digital signature
Re: [gentoo-user] What is the best way forward? - Update 1
On 2/25/21 5:31 PM, Grant Taylor wrote: 10 have git switch to the next day 20 emerge -aDUN @world 30 assess / deal with masked packages 40 goto 10 It /looks/ like things are working. This method is working. I have managed to successfully update from 2020-03-24 to 2020-05-29 in one day increments. I'm starting to see some oddities, like a given version of gimp blocking itself. Unmerging and re-emerging solved that. So I'm going to let the system spend 12 hours and do an emerge -DUNe @world && emerge --depclean --verbose n && revdep-rebuild, reboot, and continue with 2020-06-01. I have run into a few problems where emerge can't download files. So I'm finding them online, downloading them, and saving them to /usr/portage/distfiles. I have had a couple things (really old kernel source still installed) that I needed to find the ebuild files for. I added them to my local repository. I did have an ancient package, ncpfs, that was blocking things. Since I didn't need it, I have unmerged it. If / when I need it in the future, I'll deal with it then. -- Grant. . . . unix || die
Re: [gentoo-user] What is the best way forward?
On Thu, 25 Feb 2021 17:31:15 -0700, Grant Taylor wrote: > One added advantage of doing this day by day is that when I do get to > the big changes, things should be fairly clean. Thus hopefully > simplifying the big changes. You are also going to hit the annoying bugs that were fixed a few hours later. The main issue I had with the python 3.7 switch could have been dealt with by waiting until the next day. This is less of an issue with a purely stable system but it can still happen. -- Neil Bothwick "An investment in knowledge always pays the best interest." - Benjamin Franklin pgpZHj7YrYA6I.pgp Description: OpenPGP digital signature
