> Baselayout was because of some problems which were introduced with the > recent 1.8.6.2 update. Be very careful with baselayout; you _must_ do > etc-update before rebooting (going either 1.8.5.8 -> 1.8.6.2 or back > again), although I don't recall which files are the important ones. > Details at <http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=15175>.
I read through the bug, but it seems to be related to hassles of not etc-updating. I etc-update pretty religiously, and certainly did after updating baselayout to 1.8.6.2. Also, I run a very vanilla system, and I almost always choose to overwrite the existing file with the updated one, so I'm pretty sure my /etc is as up-to-date as it could be. So, would it be safe to ignore the downgrade, and somehow unmask 1.8.6.2 so it doesn't want to go backwards? I haven't rebooted the machine in months, so I don't know what would happen if I did (related to all those boot errors other have gotten). Now I'm nervous to do so... as a general rule, is it safe to run a Gentoo system without rebooting after performing World updates, and in particular, baselayout updates (or other system-critical ones)? I guess another way of asking this is under what circumstances is it recommended to reboot a Gentoo system (particularly related to emerging?) Thanks, Eric -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
