hmmm ... sounds a bit cranky! - had a tooth out today :(
BilLK
On Mon, 2009-06-08 at 20:25 +0800, William Kenworthy wrote:
> 2.1.6.13 was the latest when ... - thats as kindly as I can think of the
> person and his reasons for putting me through a lot of work as I didnt
> notice the downgrade on one system in time. If it was for security or
> other reasons I could understand it, and maybe not agree with it ... but
> just because he wanted some extra testing he decided to "play" with
> users systems! I agree with you that portage is usually bug free and
> trustworthy ... but the trust aspect has been sorely tried.
>
> On this system, I just left portage at what seemed to be a working
> version to avoid the problems caused by the downgrade. This was a few
> weeks ago now, so they have probably been sorted, but I think it might
> be better to upgrade and find another stable, working version.
>
> BillK
>
>
> On Sun, 2009-06-07 at 17:11 +0100, Neil Bothwick wrote:
> > On Sun, 07 Jun 2009 09:28:21 +0800, William Kenworthy wrote:
> >
> > > * sys-apps/portage
> > > Latest version available: 2.1.6.13
> > > Latest version installed: 2.2_rc15
> >
> > If you're going to run release candidate versions, at least run the
> > latest release candidate. rc15 hasn't been in portage for a while, we're
> > currently on rc33. Add ~sys-apps/portage-2.2 package.{unmask,keywords} to
> > ensure you have a valid version.
> >
> >
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William Kenworthy <[email protected]>
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