On 2019-06-04, Grant Edwards <grant.b.edwa...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 2019-06-03, n952...@web.de <n952...@web.de> wrote: > >> 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? > > It occurs to one that it would probably be easier and faster to back > up user directories and /etc, and then just do a clean install.
Alternatively, it's often easier to uninstall the packages that are cuasing problems with the upgrade, get the system upgraded, then reinstall the whatever was removed. Of course you have to be careful not to uninstall something critical (like Python). [We won't ask why I thought to mention that package specifically.] -- Grant Edwards grant.b.edwards Yow! Maybe I should have at asked for my Neutron Bomb gmail.com in PAISLEY --