On Wed, 2003-12-17 at 20:47, dave i wrote: > You dont have to upgrade anything you dont want to, `emerge -p world` > wants to install/upgrade/downgrade 227 packages out of the 517 I have > installed, and it hasn't blown up yet
Which I think is a critical point. If I run `emerge -p world` I get (today) 82 packages that it wants to upgrade/downgrade/whatever. I wouldn't dare - my system works! That's the key, IMHO - if you only upgrade an individual package (and it's dependencies) when you really think it is necessary (key new feature or bug fix, or perhaps a security issue on an exposed system) then the result is a remarkably stable system - despite the moving target factor. I *am* a little nervous to see what happens if any major package ever *requires* a major glibc upgrade (sigh - hello! the C library is a solved problem! leave it alone!), but hopefully we'll all have lots of heads up for that. In the mean time, as long as they don't require the new version, the existing core libraries can continue along merrily. AfC Toronto -- Andrew Frederick Cowie Operational Dynamics Consulting Pty Ltd Australia +61 2 9977 6866 North America +1 646 472 5054 http://www.operationaldynamics.com/ -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
