Am Donnerstag, 22. März 2012, 21:44:53 schrieb Allan Gottlieb: > On Sun, Mar 18 2012, Allan Gottlieb wrote: > > On Sun, Mar 18 2012, Alan McKinnon wrote: > >> On Sun, 18 Mar 2012 13:14:48 -0700 > >> > >> Allan Gottlieb <[email protected]> wrote: > >>> I will update to the new world order, but would very much prefer to > >>> postpone that for a few weeks. Is it enough to put > >>> > >>> >sys-fs/udev-171-r5 > >>> > >>> in /etc/portage/package.mask ? > >>> > >>>=sys-fs/udev-181 > >>> > >> would be better. Rather mask the first version that causes issues and > >> all subsequent versions. With your suggestions, there may be > >> future updates between 171 and 181 (without initrd issues) that you > >> want, but you can't use them as you masked them. > > > > Done, thanks. Thank you volker as well. > > > > allan > > I am now unable to update world > > Total: 26 packages (20 upgrades, 3 new, 1 in new slot, 2 reinstalls, 1 > uninstall), Size of downloads: 604,681 kB Conflict: 3 blocks > > The following keyword changes are necessary to proceed: > #required by sys-auth/consolekit-0.4.5-r3[acl], required by > net-misc/networkmanager-0.9.2.0-r5, required by > net-im/empathy-3.2.2[networkmanager], required by > gnome-base/gnome-core-apps-3.2.1, required by gnome-base/gnome-3.2.1, > required by @selected, required by @world (argument) =sys-fs/udev-9999 ** > > The following mask changes are necessary to proceed: > #required by sys-auth/consolekit-0.4.5-r3[acl], required by > net-misc/networkmanager-0.9.2.0-r5, required by > net-im/empathy-3.2.2[networkmanager], required by > gnome-base/gnome-core-apps-3.2.1, required by gnome-base/gnome-3.2.1, > required by @selected, required by @world (argument) # > /etc/portage/package.mask: > =sys-fs/udev-9999 > > This does not surprise me. > > I still would like to wait until the semester is over before trying > dracut as I assume there is a significant chance of an unbootable > system. I could just do nothing now and, in late May, try dracut, unmask > udev, and update world. If the world update is very hard after the long > wait. I could reinstall. > > I was wondering if the following alternate procedure is safe. The hope > would be to have few enough packages not updated so that when I do try > dracut and unmask udev, an update world will eventually succeed. > > 1. Try emerge update world > > 2. Note a few of the packages that would have been updated, > say A, B, and C > > 3. emerge -1 --ask A B C > If no problems are reported, say yes to the --ask > > 4. Repeat > > thanks, > allan
I don't use gnome (kde!) and I don't use networkcrapperdicrap. So masking everything above -170 was absolutely painless for me. -- #163933
