On 3/8/21 7:30 PM, John Covici wrote:
At least I didn't have to change profiles and gcc versions several
times.
I didn't /change/ the profile. As in it was 17.0 when I started and
still is 17.0.
I did have to update the make.profile link to point to the same profile
in the alternate portag
On Mon, 08 Mar 2021 18:37:21 -0500,
Grant Taylor wrote:
>
> On 3/8/21 4:03 PM, Grant Edwards wrote:
> > 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
On 3/8/21 4:03 PM, Grant Edwards wrote:
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
On 2021-03-08, Grant Taylor 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
hitachi303 wrote:
> Am 25.02.2021 um 17:13 schrieb Andreas Fink:
>> On Thu, 25 Feb 2021 15:15:55 - (UTC)
>> Grant Edwards wrote:
>>
>>> On 2021-02-25, hitachi303 wrote:
>>>
I found it to be helpful to de-install as many programs as possible
before starting the update and the first e
Am 25.02.2021 um 17:13 schrieb Andreas Fink:
On Thu, 25 Feb 2021 15:15:55 - (UTC)
Grant Edwards wrote:
On 2021-02-25, hitachi303 wrote:
I found it to be helpful to de-install as many programs as possible
before starting the update and the first emerge --sync. This reduces the
amount of
On Thu, Feb 25, 2021 at 9:33 AM Neil Bothwick wrote:
>
> On Thu, 25 Feb 2021 15:15:55 - (UTC), Grant Edwards wrote:
>
> > > I found it to be helpful to de-install as many programs as possible
> > > before starting the update and the first emerge --sync. This reduces
> > > the amount of conflic
On Thu, 25 Feb 2021 15:15:55 - (UTC), Grant Edwards wrote:
> > I found it to be helpful to de-install as many programs as possible
> > before starting the update and the first emerge --sync. This reduces
> > the amount of conflicts by a considerable amount.
>
> Yes, Definitely. If you can,
On Thu, 25 Feb 2021 15:15:55 - (UTC)
Grant Edwards wrote:
> On 2021-02-25, hitachi303 wrote:
>
> > I found it to be helpful to de-install as many programs as possible
> > before starting the update and the first emerge --sync. This reduces the
> > amount of conflicts by a considerable amount
On 2021-02-25, hitachi303 wrote:
> I found it to be helpful to de-install as many programs as possible
> before starting the update and the first emerge --sync. This reduces the
> amount of conflicts by a considerable amount.
Yes, Definitely. If you can, uninstall anything "big" that you can
l
On 2021-02-25, Grant Taylor wrote:
> Besides, wouldn't each of the incremental processes over the last year
> have been possible? ;-)
Yes -- and fairly easy. Somehow, the amount of update effort required
doesn't just add up over time, it multiplies.
On 2021-02-25, Grant Taylor wrote:
> I need to update a system that hasn't been updated in 337 days (March
> 24th 2020. -- Life has been ... trying.
>
> What is the best way forward?
If it were me, I'd probably back up /etc and /home and just reinstall.
--
other Grant
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