On Fri, 30 Apr 2004 15:36:38 +1200 Christopher Sawtell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Fri, 30 Apr 2004 15:07, Fisher, Robert (FXNZ CHC) wrote: > > Regards, Robert > > Some days you are the pigeon, some days you are the statue. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > btw, kde.3.2.2 won't emerge correctly it halts with:- > > As far as I can tell, kde 3.2.2 is still masked (i.e. not marked as > > "stable" yet) > You sure? Done a emerge sync reasonably recently? > http://packages.gentoo.org/search/?sstring=kdebase it is still masked, well kdebase is anyway also, following an rsync right now: esearch ^kde$ [ Results for search key : ^kde$ ] [ Applications found : 1 ] * kde-base/kde Latest version available: 3.2.1 Latest version installed: [ Not Installed ] Size of downloaded files: 0 kB Homepage: http://www.kde.org/ Description: KDE 3.2 - merge this to pull in all non-developer kde-base/* packages > > In the meantime I'm having a go at emerge --update kde ( 106 packages ) > > ( Coming up for air next Wednesday ) > Well it crashed yesterday afternoon, so I am breathing again. :-( > > > I use "emerge -u packagename" or "emerge -u world" all of the time unless > > installing a new package. Isn't that what I should be doing? > That's exactly what you should be doing. > I have just learnt the error of my ways. --update and -u are the same. what error? > > I'm going to build an up to date Gentoo on the newly acquired 800MHz machine, > and then update the 400MHz P/II getting it ready for sale. if you want to do a fresh install on the 400, why not do a GRP of 2004.1? will be very quick. > > -- > Sincerely etc. > Christopher Sawtell > > NB. This PC runs Linux. If you find a virus apparently from me, > it has forged the e-mail headers on someone else's machine. > Please do not notify me when this occurs. Thanks. -- Nick Rout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
