On 2016-12-07, Alan McKinnon <[email protected]> wrote:
> Your problem is that the box seems to have not been updated in a
> long while. That is always tricky.
That's putting it mildly. Gentoo works far, far better if you update
frequently. On most systems I update a couple times a week. Those
systems have been mostly trouble free for many, many years.
OTOH, there have been a couple systems where I didn't update for 6+
months. That rarely went smoothly, and took _way_ more time than a
fresh install would have. [But sometimes you head-butt your way
through the wall just to prove you can.]
IMO, if you only want to update a system once or twice a year, Gentoo
is not a good choice -- unless you just want to do a fresh install
each time. In my experience, a fresh install is usually far less work
than an update after an extended period of time. But, doing a "fresh
install" as an upgrade takes a bit of planning and orginization.
> The solution is always the copious use of patience and
> understanding. Your sledgehammer approach is going to result in
> vast amounts of pain.
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