Re: [gentoo-user] What to do if packages are old?

2006-11-30 Thread alain . didierjean
Selon Hans de Hartog <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Philip Webb wrote: > > > It would help if you listed the packages in question. > > > > Also thanks to Ryan and Steve to illustrate the situation > in the "not_so_common_packages" scene. (BTW, how do I check > for an "overlay somewhere"?) > > - freewhee

Re: [gentoo-user] What to do if packages are old?

2006-11-30 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Thu, 30 Nov 2006 20:36:39 +0100, Hans de Hartog wrote: > (BTW, how do I check for an "overlay somewhere"? emerge eix then run "update-eix-remote update" from cron.daily. Now eix will index all the overlays in layman. -- Neil Bothwick Sigh - An amplifier for people who suffer in silence s

Re: [gentoo-user] What to do if packages are old?

2006-11-30 Thread Ryan Sims
On 11/30/06, Hans de Hartog <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Philip Webb wrote: > It would help if you listed the packages in question. > Also thanks to Ryan and Steve to illustrate the situation in the "not_so_common_packages" scene. (BTW, how do I check for an "overlay somewhere"?) [snip] The gen

Re: [gentoo-user] What to do if packages are old?

2006-11-30 Thread Steve Dibb
Hans de Hartog wrote: Philip Webb wrote: It would help if you listed the packages in question. Also thanks to Ryan and Steve to illustrate the situation in the "not_so_common_packages" scene. (BTW, how do I check for an "overlay somewhere"?) - freewheeling (dies in glibc with double free o

Re: [gentoo-user] What to do if packages are old?

2006-11-30 Thread Hans de Hartog
Philip Webb wrote: It would help if you listed the packages in question. Also thanks to Ryan and Steve to illustrate the situation in the "not_so_common_packages" scene. (BTW, how do I check for an "overlay somewhere"?) - freewheeling (dies in glibc with double free or corruption) In the

Re: [gentoo-user] What to do if packages are old?

2006-11-30 Thread Philip Webb
061130 Hans de Hartog wrote: > I'm currently evaluating some exotic packages in the portage tree > and found out that they're almost 2 years old, > don't compile or crash immediately. When I go to their home or forums, > I see that lots of new versions have been released. It would help if you lis

Re: [gentoo-user] What to do if packages are old?

2006-11-30 Thread Steve Dibb
Hans de Hartog wrote: Hi, I'm currently evaluating some exotic packages in the portage tree and found out that they're almost 2 years old, don't compile or crash immediately. When I go to their home page or forums, I see that lots of new versions have been released. What to do about this? I'm n

Re: [gentoo-user] What to do if packages are old?

2006-11-30 Thread Ryan Sims
On 11/30/06, Hans de Hartog <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi, I'm currently evaluating some exotic packages in the portage tree and found out that they're almost 2 years old, don't compile or crash immediately. When I go to their home page or forums, I see that lots of new versions have been releas

[gentoo-user] What to do if packages are old?

2006-11-30 Thread Hans de Hartog
Hi, I'm currently evaluating some exotic packages in the portage tree and found out that they're almost 2 years old, don't compile or crash immediately. When I go to their home page or forums, I see that lots of new versions have been released. What to do about this? I'm not going back to the ea