Re: [gentoo-user] What's the value-added of journaling filesystems like ext4?

2019-11-04 Thread n952162
n 11/04/19 20:47, n952162 wrote: I had a power-loss situation and when the system came up I went into the grub rescue screen - my root file system was trashed.  I fsck-ed that and had a ton of prompts until I did the "all" answer.  I guess it can happen, every once in a while - ev

[gentoo-user] What's the value-added of journaling filesystems like ext4?

2019-11-04 Thread n952162
I had a power-loss situation and when the system came up I went into the grub rescue screen - my root file system was trashed.  I fsck-ed that  and had a ton of prompts until I did the "all" answer.  I guess it can happen, every once in a while - even with a journaling filesystem - I guess. I

Re: [gentoo-user] why is writing to an async-mounted USB disk so slow?

2019-11-02 Thread n952162
Okay, thank you, I'll try that (in (33 - 24) hours ;-) ) On 11/02/19 16:40, Mick wrote: On Saturday, 2 November 2019 15:15:31 GMT n952162 wrote: I'm getting 13k bps writing to a Toshiba 3T drive over a USB/Sata connection. It' take 33 hours to transfer a 200meg file. I mounted it async

[gentoo-user] why is writing to an async-mounted USB disk so slow?

2019-11-02 Thread n952162
I'm getting 13k bps writing to a Toshiba 3T drive over a USB/Sata connection.  It' take 33 hours to transfer a 200meg file. I mounted it async but then see that ext4 ignores the async option on mounts. What am I doing wrong?

Re: [gentoo-user] why can't I emerge portage-2.3.67?

2019-10-27 Thread n952162
d64is now: $ lf /usr/portage/profiles/default/linux/amd64/ 17.0/  17.1/  eapi  package.use.mask  parent Is my system now killed? On 10/27/19 15:10, Mick wrote: On Sunday, 27 October 2019 16:02:53 GMT n952162 wrote: But ~amd64 means that it's unstable. I want to use a stable version of port

Re: [gentoo-user] why can't I emerge portage-2.3.67?

2019-10-27 Thread n952162
/wiki/Project:Portage Description: Portage is the package management and distribution system for Gentoo On 10/27/19 15:40, Peter Humphrey wrote: On Sunday, 27 October 2019 16:03:45 GMT n952162 wrote: On 10/27/19 14:21, Peter Humphrey wrote: What does eix tell you after 'emerge --sync

Re: [gentoo-user] why can't I emerge portage-2.3.67?

2019-10-27 Thread n952162
On 10/27/19 14:21, Peter Humphrey wrote: What does eix tell you after 'emerge --sync && eix-update'?  * To update portage, run 'emerge --oneshot portage' now.

Re: [gentoo-user] why can't I emerge portage-2.3.67?

2019-10-27 Thread n952162
Right.  But I can't --sync. But beyond that, why does emerge say there are no ebuilds when there are? On 10/27/19 14:32, Mick wrote: On Sunday, 27 October 2019 13:21:04 GMT Peter Humphrey wrote: On Sunday, 27 October 2019 15:11:56 GMT n952162 wrote: When I enter: sudo emerge =sys-apps

Re: [gentoo-user] why can't I emerge portage-2.3.67?

2019-10-27 Thread n952162
But ~amd64 means that it's unstable.  I want to use a stable version of portage. That's why I went to 2.3.69 (Sorry, Mick, for the private msg - I always forget that thunderbird replies directly, and that I have to re-enter the list every time) On 10/27/19 14:48, Mick wrote: On Sunday, 27

[gentoo-user] why can't I emerge portage-2.3.67?

2019-10-27 Thread n952162
When I enter:   sudo  emerge  =sys-apps/portage-2.3.69 I get the response:   emerge: there are no ebuilds to satisfy "=sys-apps/portage-2.3.69". but this version is listed on packages.gentoo.org/packages/sys-apps/portage as being an available Version

[gentoo-user] what pgm is rotating my /var/log/syslog, etc. files?

2019-08-19 Thread n952162
I have two gentoo machines, my primary one and one I cloned off of that. The original gentoo machine has lots of nice /var/log/syslog.1.gz, etc. files. The clone has one big /var/log/syslog file. I now have logrotate installed in both machines.  I see that the original has cronie installed and

Re: [gentoo-user] static addr in /etc/conf.d/net ignored, dhcp used. dhcpcd crashes when forced

2019-08-19 Thread n952162
You were right, thank you.  When I put net.enp2s0 back in, it came up on reboot this time - the interface, that is.  I guess there was something else wrong when I still had it in the defaul runlevel.  My faith in openrc is restored :-) On 08/19/19 22:35, n952162 wrote: On 08/19/19 20:04, J

Re: [gentoo-user] static addr in /etc/conf.d/net ignored, dhcp used. dhcpcd crashes when forced

2019-08-19 Thread n952162
c ip_address=192.168.0.10/24/ (haven't tried it yet, my system is busy right now). So, what is /etc/conf.d/net for?  What programs read it? On 08/19/19 20:11, n952162 wrote: My eth0/enp2s0 network adapter is configured so: $ cat /etc/conf.d/net config_enp2s0="192.168.179.20/24&quo

[gentoo-user] static addr in /etc/conf.d/net ignored, dhcp used. dhcpcd crashes when forced

2019-08-19 Thread n952162
My eth0/enp2s0 network adapter is configured so: $ cat /etc/conf.d/net config_enp2s0="192.168.179.20/24" but on boot, I get a bonjour address: enp2s0    Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 48:BA:4E:29:99:9E   inet addr:*169.254.71.117 * Bcast:169.254.255.255  Mask:255.255.0.0

Re: [gentoo-user] search patterns in less(1)

2019-07-18 Thread n952162
of the decades-old \<. On 07/18/19 20:55, Michael Orlitzky wrote: On 7/18/19 6:40 PM, n952162 wrote: in less(1), how do you search for a pattern at the beginning (or ending) of a word. Hit front slash "/" in less, and then type a perl-compatible regular expression. Specificall

[gentoo-user] search patterns in less(1)

2019-07-18 Thread n952162
in less(1), how do you search for a pattern at the beginning (or ending) of a word. Elsewhere, you prepend (or append) the pattern with \< (\>) but that's not working for me with gentoo. Also, where the change is  documented.

Re: Aw: Re: Re: [gentoo-user] Updating portage, continued

2019-06-12 Thread n952162
On 06/10/19 22:42, Rich Freeman wrote: On Mon, Jun 10, 2019 at 5:39 PM n952162 wrote: On 06/06/19 06:00,n952...@web.de wrote: In trying to update portage (before I update my system), I have this: !!! All ebuilds that could satisfy ">=dev-python/setuptools-34[python_targ

Re: Aw: Re: Re: [gentoo-user] Updating portage, continued

2019-06-10 Thread n952162
On 06/06/19 06:00, n952...@web.de wrote: The handbook is great information, but unfortunately, it uses concepts - specific gentoo concepts - that many readers doesn't know. They are then often cross-referenced to other pages, which likewise define things based on expected internal

Aw: Re: Re: Re: [gentoo-user] Updating portage, continued

2019-06-06 Thread n952162
Great additional information. Thank you. > Gesendet: Mittwoch, 05. Juni 2019 um 00:10 Uhr > Von: "Mick" > An: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org > Betreff: Re: Aw: Re: Re: [gentoo-user] Updating portage, continued > > On Tuesday, 4 June 2019 21:21:24 BST n952...@web.de wrote: > > Or, perhaps, that's

Aw: Re: Re: [gentoo-user] Updating portage, continued

2019-06-06 Thread n952162
The handbook is great information, but unfortunately, it uses concepts - specific gentoo concepts - that many readers doesn't know. They are then often cross-referenced to other pages, which likewise define things based on expected internal understanding of the mechanisms, goals, and potential

Aw: Re: Re: [gentoo-user] Updating portage, continued

2019-06-04 Thread n952162
Or, perhaps, that's where slots come in? If I try to install package A, which doesn't want whatever's in > > > +>=net-analyzer/rrdtool-1.6.0-r1 perl graph then, it'll use a new slot? I see that I have ebuilds for rrdtool-1.6.0 and rrdtool-1.7.0,1.7.1. and 1.7.2. The one that runs when I

Aw: [gentoo-user] Re: Updating portage, continued

2019-06-04 Thread n952162
Henry V, Act III, 1598 > Gesendet: Dienstag, 04. Juni 2019 um 16:59 Uhr > Von: "Grant Edwards" > An: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org > Betreff: [gentoo-user] Re: Updating portage, continued > > On 2019-06-03, n952...@web.de wrote: > > > Fundamentally, autounmask seems like something I don't want

Aw: Re: Re: [gentoo-user] Updating portage, continued

2019-06-04 Thread n952162
Okay, I think I got it. I saw that rrdtool was installed, so assumed everything was okay. But, what I didn't realize is that - back then - I guess I tried to install montorix and didn't notice, in the jungle of messages, that the emerge was not successful. Apparently, rddtool got installed

Aw: Re: [gentoo-user] Updating portage, continued

2019-06-03 Thread n952162
Fundamentally, autounmask seems like something I don't want to do, at all. What happens if I just remove zz-autounmask? What do I have to emerge to find out? I currently have: $ cat /etc/portage/package.use/zz-autounmask >=dev-lang/python-2.7.14-r1:2.7 sqlite >=sys-libs/zlib-1.2.11-r1

Aw: Re: [gentoo-user] Updating portage, continued

2019-06-03 Thread n952162
I'm sorry, I'm not getting this yet. What if I just don't update these configuration files? dispatch-conf tells me, for /etc/portage/package.accept_keywords: --- /etc/portage/package.use/zz-autounmask 2018-03-12 21:56:49.172491972 +0100 +++

Aw: Re: Re: [gentoo-user] upgrading (profiles, too)

2019-05-31 Thread n952162
> Gesendet: Freitag, 31. Mai 2019 um 00:02 Uhr > Von: "Dale" > An: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org > Betreff: Re: Aw: Re: [gentoo-user] upgrading (profiles, too) > > Mick wrote: > > On Thursday, 30 May 2019 02:18:01 BST Dale wrote: to do.  > > If I recall correctly, I did a merge -e world when I

[gentoo-user] updating portage, continued

2019-05-30 Thread n952162
Next comes this: "The following keyword changes are necessary to proceed: (see "package.accept_keywords" in the portage(5) man page for more details) # required by sys-devel/crossdev-20171230::gentoo # required by @selected # required by @world (argument) =sys-apps/portage-2.3.67 ~amd64" If

Aw: Re: Re: [gentoo-user] upgrading (profiles, too)

2019-05-30 Thread n952162
that's a good libk, too > Gesendet: Donnerstag, 30. Mai 2019 um 03:04 Uhr > Von: "Adam Carter" > An: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org > Betreff: Re: Re: [gentoo-user] upgrading (profiles, too) > > On Thu, May 30, 2019 at 8:41 AM wrote: > > > > Gesendet: Donnerstag, 30. Mai 2019 um 00:20 Uhr > > >

Aw: Re: [gentoo-user] Updating portage, continued

2019-05-29 Thread n952162
Thanks for the good link > Gesendet: Donnerstag, 30. Mai 2019 um 00:52 Uhr > Von: "Neil Bothwick" > An: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org > Betreff: Re: [gentoo-user] Updating portage, continued > > On Thu, 30 May 2019 00:37:14 +0200, n952...@web.de wrote: > > > The next section of the response to my

Aw: Re: [gentoo-user] slot conflict when updating portage

2019-05-29 Thread n952162
Oh, I wish I'd use .txt as an extension. Here's one in the raw: 10~>sudo emerge --oneshot portage Password: !!! Your current profile is deprecated and not supported anymore. !!! Use eselect profile to update your profile. !!! Please upgrade to the following profile if possible:

Aw: Re: [gentoo-user] slot conflict when updating portage

2019-05-29 Thread n952162
Okay, gladly. In fact, I ran it 3 times, one after another, because I wasn't even sure if there were fatal problems or not ... trying to attach these text files... But I'm going to bed then. Good night. > Gesendet: Donnerstag, 30. Mai 2019 um 00:38 Uhr > Von: "Dale" > An:

[gentoo-user] Updating portage, continued

2019-05-29 Thread n952162
The next section of the response to my attempt to update portage is a long list of packages, each terminated with a "(masked by: something or other)". What does that tell me. If it's masked, it shouldn't be available, right? But, I've got it: - virtual/perl-parent-0.234.0-r1::gentoo (masked

Aw: Re: [gentoo-user] upgrading (profiles, too)

2019-05-29 Thread n952162
> Gesendet: Donnerstag, 30. Mai 2019 um 00:20 Uhr > Von: "Dale" > I've done upgrades that skip quite a ways using make oldconfig.  I've > never had any issues.  If it were me, I'd just make the jump but make > sure to keep the old kernel around just in case something doesn't work.  > At least

[gentoo-user] slot conflict when updating portage

2019-05-29 Thread n952162
!!! Multiple package instances within a single package slot have been pulled !!! into the dependency graph, resulting in a slot conflict: sys-apps/portage:0 How should I go about handling this? Slot are explained somewhere as allowing multiple packages to have different versions of the same

[gentoo-user] updating /etc/package.accept_keywords

2019-05-29 Thread n952162
I have many files like ._cfg_package.accept_keywords. Is the right way to handle this to do something like: sort -u ._cfg_package.accept_keywords >| package.accept_keywords

[gentoo-user] Fw: updating /etc/package.accept_keywords

2019-05-29 Thread n952162
And, what are the consequences that I'm suffering, that I haven't done that before, for over a year? > Gesendet: Mittwoch, 29. Mai 2019 um 23:55 Uhr > Von: n952...@web.de > An: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org > Betreff: updating /etc/package.accept_keywords > > I have many files like

[gentoo-user] upgrading (profiles, too)

2019-05-29 Thread n952162
Hi, I'm currently at 4.14.65-gentoo and I understand my cheap hp laptop's amdgpu could finally get better support if I upgrade to 4.16 or 4.17.1. Can I just do that, or would it be better (or even possible) to go in smaller increments? Also, something's always complaining to me about my

[gentoo-user] setting up a local mirror

2019-05-22 Thread n952162
It's getting late tonight to try this - before I do so tomorrow, does anyone have any thoughts about the following plan? I want one machine facing the internet that's my local mirror and if a client needs something that's not on the mirror, the emerge will fail and I'll get it onto the mirror

Aw: [gentoo-user] Re: keywords vs use variables

2019-05-21 Thread n952162
That's good, thank you both. > Gesendet: Dienstag, 21. Mai 2019 um 01:29 Uhr > Von: "Nikos Chantziaras" > An: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org > Betreff: [gentoo-user] Re: keywords vs use variables > > On 20/05/2019 20:54, n952...@web.de wrote: > > Can someone explain the difference between keywords

Aw: Re: [gentoo-user] keywords vs use variables

2019-05-20 Thread n952162
Okay, thanks. I'll take that in and try to digest it, try to find examples what that means. > Gesendet: Montag, 20. Mai 2019 um 19:58 Uhr > Von: "Daniel Frey" > An: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org > Betreff: Re: [gentoo-user] keywords vs use variables > > On 5/20/19 10:54 AM, n952...@web.de

[gentoo-user] keywords vs use variables

2019-05-20 Thread n952162
Hi, Can someone explain the difference between keywords (as in package.accept_keywords) and use variables (as in package.use/)? Or point me to concise documentation that makes the difference clear?

Aw: Re: Re: [gentoo-user] local mirrors (summary, leading to more questions)

2019-04-29 Thread n952162
But that seems strange - why would I need both GENTOO_MIRRORS and http_proxy? GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://myserver; http_proxy="http://myserver:3142 Does the http_proxy imply that I'd need a proxy app, like squid. Between my client and server, there won't be any appreciable traffic. > Gesendet:

Aw: Re: Re: [gentoo-user] local mirrors (summary, leading to more questions)

2019-04-29 Thread n952162
> Gesendet: Montag, 29. April 2019 um 10:47 Uhr > Von: "Peter Humphrey" > An: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org > Betreff: Re: Aw: Re: [gentoo-user] local mirrors (summary, leading to more > questions) > > On Sunday, 28 April 2019 21:37:19 BST n952...@web.de wrote: > > > - Peter Humphrey suggests:

Aw: Re: [gentoo-user] local mirrors (summary, leading to more questions)

2019-04-28 Thread n952162
Thanks to all who reponded: - Rich Freeman suggests: - having apache serve the local distfiles. How? Just make them available in the apache root and give portage the URL somewhere? - use "infra scripts", but I think that's for running an up-to-date general-purpose mirror

Aw: Re: [gentoo-user] local mirrors

2019-04-25 Thread n952162
What I'm hoping for, though, is a configuration flag that causes any of: - inhibits a theoretical traversal of repos.conf databases (e.g. also /usr/share/porrage/...) - inhibits trying to upgrade beyond what's already installed in the mirror server > Gesendet: Freitag, 26. April 2019 um 07:32

Aw: Re: [gentoo-user] local mirrors

2019-04-25 Thread n952162
Thank you for the explanation. I wonder what the local mirror page means when it talks about saving bandwidth. What *does* it serve if not the distfiles? And when /etc/portage/repos.conf points to my local server, why would portage disregard that? The rsync server on the mirror host points

[gentoo-user] local mirrors

2019-04-25 Thread n952162
Hi, I looked at this page: https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Local_Mirror "Many users run Gentoo on several machines and need to sync the Gentoo repository on all of them. Using public mirrors is simply a waste of bandwidth at both ends. Syncing only one machine against a public mirror and all

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