On 2021-03-08, Grant Taylor <[email protected]> wrote: > On 2/25/21 5:31 PM, Grant Taylor wrote: >> 10 have git switch to the next day >> 20 emerge -aDUN @world >> 30 assess / deal with masked packages >> 40 goto 10 >> >> It /looks/ like things are working. > > *TL;DR* > > DenverCoder9: DEAR PEOPLE FROM THE FUTURE ... > > This method /does/ work. I have successfully brought the problem system > from ~1 year old to ~current (Gentoo portage repo < 24 hours old).
How do you feel it compares to just installing from scratch while preserving whatever config and user data you care about? I've done that quite a few times and it usually takes about 2-3 hours for the initial install and then overnight to build a desktop environment (if one is needed). -- The other Grant
