walt <w41...@gmail.com> wrote: > This is on my one amd64 (stable) machine, so the following proposed > update should be safe and Just Work(TM), right? > > Maybe it will, but there is no way I'm going to let this upgrade > happen tonight when I'm tired from fighting all day with the > so-called 'stable' computers at work: > > Calculating dependencies... done! > [ebuild U ] sys-libs/ncurses-5.9-r5 [5.9-r3] > [ebuild NS ] sys-libs/ncurses-5.9-r99 [5.9-r3] USE="cxx gpm > unicode -ada -static-libs -tinfo" ABI_X86="32 (64) (-x32)" > > Is this going to install two different (slotted) versions of > ncurses-5.9 on my stable machine? > > If not, then this proposed update must be an experiment or a hack or a > workaround of some kind. On my *stable* machine! > > Can you tell I'm in a bad mood and a bit paranoid at the moment? I'm > going to bed and will update the stable machine again in the morning. > Hrmph!
I'm also not sure about this. I will do a full backup before I try to update my system tomorrow. -- Regards wabe
