Alan Grimes wrote: > Dale wrote: >> Basically, take the advice from some people who have been doing this >> for years or continue along the path that you have proven doesn't work. > I've got more years on gentoo that most of you. Indeed, my home > directory probably has detritus in it dating back to 2004. > > I only joined this list a few months ago because emerge was starting to > cause problems, which have only gotten worse with subsequent updates. > > 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. The problem is absolutely not the individual e-builds, most of them > are stunningly reliable. The problem is that Emerge isn't even giving > them a chance to do their work. =| This is not the way it used to be, > this is a new set of checks that have been implemented recently that's > really fucking me up. > >
FYI, 2003. I installed from the 1.4 CD. No clue how long Alan M. or Neil has been lurking about but even if it was shorter than that, they know a LOT more than you do about updating Gentoo. As I said, I don't claim to be a Gentoo genius but even I know better than to do what you are doing the way you are doing it. Some of us know exactly why you are having the problems you are but you continue to refuse to listen. By all means tho, keep doing what you are doing. The only person you are hurting is yourself. No one else on this list is having the problems you are. If it was emerge that was causing it, others would be posting about it. Wish we could help but I don't see it happening any time soon. Dale :-) :-)
