On Sat, 16 Apr 2016 12:41:37 -0400 Alan Grimes <[email protected]> wrote:
> I've got more years on gentoo that most of you. I wonder how you determined that, but it doesn't matter; it's the content of posts that reveal cluelessness quotient, not a clock. > I only joined this list a few months ago because emerge was starting > to cause problems You joined the wrong list -- this one's for helping each other. Unfortunately, I don't know what is the right list for informing the world that portage is malicious and out to get you. > I am speaking from many years of experience with weekly updates when I > tell you that ubuntu-style "update everything while I go play Space > Invaders" (Or Kerbal Space Program) absolutely does work unless emerge > decides to get stupid and look for excuses not to do what you asked it > to. That's funny, IME portage is better at automagically resolving blockers than it ever was in the past. Then again, I don't know how it was before 2001. (Sorry, everyone. I'll try to quit feeding it, I promise.)
