Re: [gentoo-user] Re: is a global use flag necessary for python?
Good tips, thank you. On 3/10/24 22:53, Walter Dnes wrote: On Sun, Mar 10, 2024 at 06:43:56PM -, Grant Edwards wrote Just back up your user data and re-install. Also back up /etc/ for your app configs and stuff like hosts and resolve.conf and make.ccnf and package.use and package.mask etc. And remember /var/lib/. /var/lib/portage/ has your sets including world. /var/lib/iptables and /var/lib/ip6tables have your firewall rules. The files from /etc/ and /var/lib/ should be checked before blindly dumping them into your new machine.
Re: [gentoo-user] Re: is a global use flag necessary for python?
On Sun, Mar 10, 2024 at 06:43:56PM -, Grant Edwards wrote > Just back up your user data and re-install. Also back up /etc/ for your app configs and stuff like hosts and resolve.conf and make.ccnf and package.use and package.mask etc. And remember /var/lib/. /var/lib/portage/ has your sets including world. /var/lib/iptables and /var/lib/ip6tables have your firewall rules. The files from /etc/ and /var/lib/ should be checked before blindly dumping them into your new machine. -- Roses are red Roses are blue Depending on their velocity Relative to you
[gentoo-user] Re: is a global use flag necessary for python?
On 2024-03-09, Walter Dnes wrote: > On Sat, Mar 09, 2024 at 07:55:13PM +0100, n952162 wrote >> I just synced my system after a long delay, > > That's your problem right there. Yep, to quote Olivia Rodrigo... Bad idea, right? >> Is there a way to do it globally? > > First of all python targets should not need to be mentioned in > make.conf or package.use. Like the girl said. > Gentoo manages versions automatically... if you update often enough. This has been pointed out here (I think even to the OP) more than once. Gentoo is not appropriate for machines that don't get updated regularly. I recommend at least once a week, but once a month will probably be OK. Much longer than a few months and you're asking for trouble. Hard-wiring PYTHON versions is also asking for trouble. Combining the two is demanding trouble. Just back up your user data and re-install. There are ways to get out of your mess, but if you have to ask... As they used to say at the billiards tournaments: "If you could make a shot like that, you wouldn't need to make a shot like that." -- Grant
