Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Notice: possible past, present and future breakage related to .la files

2010-10-03 Thread Tanstaafl
On 2010-10-03 12:15 AM, Diego Elio Pettenò wrote: > Yes once 2.1.9.x series of Portage goes stable (i.e.: if all goes well, > by November) there won't be any need for adding the snipped; you'll > still have to run at least once lafilefixer to avoid keeping stuff > around on the system unfixed, but

[gentoo-user] Re: Notice: possible past, present and future breakage related to .la files

2010-10-02 Thread Diego Elio Pettenò
Il giorno sab, 02/10/2010 alle 19.14 -0400, Tanstaafl ha scritto: > > > For those of us who prefer to stay with the stable portage, am I > correct > that once the 2.1.9 portage series goes stable, that we would then > remove the above from /etc/portage/bashrc? What would happen if I > forgot > to

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Notice: possible past, present and future breakage related to .la files

2010-10-02 Thread Dale
Still on topic but I have a question and you are in the know on this. I'm running unstable portage, 2.2_rc67 to be exact. Does this new a version of portage take care of this already? It sounds like it is the stable portage that has issues. I been running unstable for a long while now. T

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Notice: possible past, present and future breakage related to .la files

2010-10-02 Thread Mark Knecht
On Sat, Oct 2, 2010 at 5:35 AM, Diego Elio Pettenò wrote: > Il giorno sab, 02/10/2010 alle 19.51 +0800, William Kenworthy ha > scritto: >> What are the implications of adding this "snippet" - will it come back >> to bite us (users) when the next version of portage comes along? >> > No, it'll waste

[gentoo-user] Re: Notice: possible past, present and future breakage related to .la files

2010-10-02 Thread Diego Elio Pettenò
Il giorno sab, 02/10/2010 alle 19.51 +0800, William Kenworthy ha scritto: > What are the implications of adding this "snippet" - will it come back > to bite us (users) when the next version of portage comes along? > No, it'll waste a bit of time if it's not removed because the same logic is runnin

[gentoo-user] Re: Notice: possible past, present and future breakage related to .la files

2010-09-30 Thread walt
On 09/30/2010 11:13 AM, Neil Bothwick wrote: I consider most uses of emerge -e world as the Gentoo equivalent of a Windows reinstall. You are obviously already a member of the Geriatric Gentoo Users Group, but perhaps you just forgot about it. I certainly did.

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Notice: possible past, present and future breakage related to .la files

2010-09-30 Thread Peter Humphrey
On Thursday 30 September 2010 19:30:04 Mark Knecht wrote: > GGUG +1 > GOGUG +1 Time to set up an e-mail list? -- Rgds Peter. Linux Counter 5290, 1994-04-23.

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Notice: possible past, present and future breakage related to .la files

2010-09-30 Thread Dale
Neil Bothwick wrote: On Thu, 30 Sep 2010 17:01:14 +0100, Peter Humphrey wrote: In that case, I'll declare myself a member of the other GGUG, Grumpy Gentoo User Group. Is membership open to Grumpy Old Gentoo Users like me as well? Membership is open to anyone proud to admit t

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Notice: possible past, present and future breakage related to .la files

2010-09-30 Thread Mark Knecht
On Thu, Sep 30, 2010 at 11:13 AM, Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Thu, 30 Sep 2010 17:25:57 +0200, Diego Elio Pettenò wrote: > >> > Does that mean I shouldn't have to run lafilefixer as it runs >> > automatically on new installs? >> >> You should still run it once, to make sure that the system is clean,

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Notice: possible past, present and future breakage related to .la files

2010-09-30 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Thu, 30 Sep 2010 17:25:57 +0200, Diego Elio Pettenò wrote: > > Does that mean I shouldn't have to run lafilefixer as it runs > > automatically on new installs? > > You should still run it once, to make sure that the system is clean, but > you can forget about it afterwards, and even unmerge

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Notice: possible past, present and future breakage related to .la files

2010-09-30 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Thu, 30 Sep 2010 17:01:14 +0100, Peter Humphrey wrote: > > In that case, I'll declare myself a member of the other GGUG, Grumpy > > Gentoo User Group. > > Is membership open to Grumpy Old Gentoo Users like me as well? Membership is open to anyone proud to admit to being a member :) -- Ne

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Notice: possible past, present and future breakage related to .la files

2010-09-30 Thread Mark Knecht
On Thu, Sep 30, 2010 at 8:25 AM, Diego Elio Pettenò wrote: > Il giorno gio, 30/09/2010 alle 16.10 +0100, Neil Bothwick ha scritto: >> >> > 2.2 series also got the same feature, but I don't remember since >> which >> > rc… the latest masked version is definitely fine though. >> >> Does that mean I

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Notice: possible past, present and future breakage related to .la files

2010-09-30 Thread Peter Humphrey
On Thursday 30 September 2010 16:08:25 Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Thu, 30 Sep 2010 14:47:10 +0100, Peter Humphrey wrote: > > > Hey, how do I join GGUG? > > > > You're too old, Neil. Same as me. > > In that case, I'll declare myself a member of the other GGUG, Grumpy > Gentoo User Group. Is member

[gentoo-user] Re: Notice: possible past, present and future breakage related to .la files

2010-09-30 Thread Diego Elio Pettenò
Il giorno gio, 30/09/2010 alle 16.10 +0100, Neil Bothwick ha scritto: > > > 2.2 series also got the same feature, but I don't remember since > which > > rc… the latest masked version is definitely fine though. > > Does that mean I shouldn't have to run lafilefixer as it run > automatically on ne

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Notice: possible past, present and future breakage related to .la files

2010-09-30 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Thu, 30 Sep 2010 15:31:57 +0200, Diego Elio Pettenò wrote: > > I find this part a little confusing. Are you saying to add the > > function > > to bashrc if you are not using portage 2.1.9? How about those of us > > using > > 2.2? > > > 2.2 series also got the same feature, but I don't rememb

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Notice: possible past, present and future breakage related to .la files

2010-09-30 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Thu, 30 Sep 2010 14:47:10 +0100, Peter Humphrey wrote: > > Hey, how do I join GGUG? > > You're too old, Neil. Same as me. In that case, I'll declare myself a member of the other GGUG, Grumpy Gentoo User Group. -- Neil Bothwick Micro-: (prefix) anything both very small and very expensive

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Notice: possible past, present and future breakage related to .la files

2010-09-30 Thread Peter Humphrey
On Thursday 30 September 2010 09:53:40 Neil Bothwick wrote: > Hey, how do I join GGUG? You're too old, Neil. Same as me. -- Rgds Peter. Linux Counter 5290, 1994-04-23.

[gentoo-user] Re: Notice: possible past, present and future breakage related to .la files

2010-09-30 Thread Diego Elio Pettenò
Il giorno gio, 30/09/2010 alle 09.55 +0100, Neil Bothwick ha scritto: > I find this part a little confusing. Are you saying to add the > function > to bashrc if you are not using portage 2.1.9? How about those of us > using > 2.2? > 2.2 series also got the same feature, but I don't remember since

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Notice: possible past, present and future breakage related to .la files

2010-09-30 Thread covici
walt wrote: > On 09/29/2010 03:40 PM, Diego Elio Pettenò wrote: > > Hi all users, > > we hope to be able to provide a better experience for all of you at > > the end of this (bumpy) journey. > > > > Thanks! > > On behalf of the Geriatric Gentoo Users Group I say, "No, please, allow us to > than

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Notice: possible past, present and future breakage related to .la files

2010-09-30 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Wed, 29 Sep 2010 17:14:52 -0700, walt wrote: > On 09/29/2010 03:40 PM, Diego Elio Pettenò wrote: > > Hi all users, > > we hope to be able to provide a better experience for all of you at > > the end of this (bumpy) journey. > > > > Thanks! It's good to have direct communication from devs, e

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Notice: possible past, present and future breakage related to .la files

2010-09-29 Thread Alan McKinnon
Alan is relaxing by the seaside watching the waves go in and out. So he has nothing sensible to add at this time, but maybe on Sunday :-) > On 09/29/2010 03:40 PM, Diego Elio Pettenò wrote: >> Hi all users, >> we hope to be able to provide a better experience for all of you at >> the end of this (

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Notice: possible past, present and future breakage related to .la files

2010-09-29 Thread Volker Armin Hemmann
On Thursday 30 September 2010, walt wrote: > On 09/29/2010 03:40 PM, Diego Elio Pettenò wrote: > > Hi all users, > > > > we hope to be able to provide a better experience for all of you at > > > > the end of this (bumpy) journey. > > > > Thanks! > > On behalf of the Geriatric Gentoo Users Grou

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Notice: possible past, present and future breakage related to .la files

2010-09-29 Thread Dale
walt wrote: On 09/29/2010 03:40 PM, Diego Elio Pettenò wrote: Hi all users, we hope to be able to provide a better experience for all of you at the end of this (bumpy) journey. Thanks! On behalf of the Geriatric Gentoo Users Group I say, "No, please, allow us to thank YOU for all the great

[gentoo-user] Re: Notice: possible past, present and future breakage related to .la files

2010-09-29 Thread walt
On 09/29/2010 03:40 PM, Diego Elio Pettenò wrote: Hi all users, we hope to be able to provide a better experience for all of you at the end of this (bumpy) journey. Thanks! On behalf of the Geriatric Gentoo Users Group I say, "No, please, allow us to thank YOU for all the great work you do fo