Re: [gentoo-user] /boot filesystem, SSDs, TRIM

2018-08-25 Thread Tom H
On Thu, Aug 23, 2018 at 2:54 PM Dale wrote: > Correct me if I'm wrong here, it used to be that grub, the original > version not the current bloated one, had to have ext2. The upstream version. Various distributions added ext4 support to grub1 (circa 2009, IIRC). None of the patches were

Re: [gentoo-user] /boot filesystem, SSDs, TRIM

2018-08-25 Thread Tom H
On Thu, Aug 23, 2018 at 9:20 AM Canek Peláez Valdés wrote: > On Wed, Aug 22, 2018 at 10:58 PM Adam Carter wrote: >> >> For a long time people recommended ext2 for /boot. The Gentoo wiki >> still does. Is there any compelling reason to use ext2 for /boot (on >> a system whose other filesystems

Re: [gentoo-user] python targets problem

2018-08-25 Thread james
Here is some information that may help:: https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Project:Python/Dependencies It also often helps to just read the ebuilds relevant to the issues you encounter. For example: less /usr/portage/dev-python/setuptools/setuptools-36.7.2.ebuild It's a pita, but as packages are

[gentoo-user] Re: python targets problem

2018-08-25 Thread nunojsilva
On 2018-08-25, Philip Webb wrote: > For a long time, several pkgs have been refusing to install, > apparently due to a conflict re python targets : > > root:595 ~> emerge -pv certifi file pyblake2 meson setuptools What if you add dev-python/pygments to this list? This might be a stupid guess,

Re: [gentoo-user] backing up a partition

2018-08-25 Thread Wols Lists
On 25/08/18 10:04, Philip Webb wrote: > Thanks for the replies : > it looks as if 'tar' mb adequate, but I'll think re it & make a test. > Search for the thread "Backup questions" by Dale 8/8/18. That has a load of ideas, and depending on your host filesystem you have other options. For example,

Re: [gentoo-user] backing up a partition

2018-08-25 Thread Philip Webb
Thanks for the replies : it looks as if 'tar' mb adequate, but I'll think re it & make a test. -- ,, SUPPORT ___//___, Philip Webb ELECTRIC /] [] [] [] [] []| Cities Centre, University of Toronto TRANSIT

Re: [gentoo-user] python targets problem

2018-08-25 Thread Corentin “Nado” Pazdera
August 25, 2018 10:33 AM, "Philip Webb" wrote: > For a long time, several pkgs have been refusing to install, > apparently due to a conflict re python targets : > > root:595 ~> emerge -pv certifi file pyblake2 meson setuptools > Calculating dependencies... done! > [ebuild R ]

[gentoo-user] python targets problem

2018-08-25 Thread Philip Webb
For a long time, several pkgs have been refusing to install, apparently due to a conflict re python targets : root:595 ~> emerge -pv certifi file pyblake2 meson setuptools Calculating dependencies... done! [ebuild R] dev-python/setuptools-36.7.2 PYTHON_TARGETS="-python3_4* -python3_5*