On Fri, 30 Apr 2004 15:55, Nick Rout wrote:
> 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
How odd, I get:-
[EMAIL PROTECTED] My Downloads $ esearch ^kde$
[ Results for search key : ^kde$ ]
[ Applications found : 1 ]
* kde-base/kde
Latest version available: 3.2.2
Latest version installed: 3.2.0
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?
Not using the [--update|-u] flag for every emerge of a new program package
instead of just emerge packagename
> > 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.
Anybody want it btw?
> if you want to do a fresh install on the 400, why not do a GRP of 2004.1?
> will be very quick.
Yes, I'll probably end up doing that and compiling the packages which are not
available from the binary CD.
--
Sincerely etc.
Christopher Sawtell
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