On Thursday, 7 May 2020 16:11:03 BST Dale wrote: > Neil Bothwick wrote: > > On Wed, 6 May 2020 22:31:54 -0500, Dale wrote: > >> There used to be a package that caused some serious problems with > >> upgrades. It was really tricky but I can't recall the name of it since > >> it was ages ago. > > > > expat? I recall that causing some hair loss. > > It's possible but it doesn't ring a bell. I recall that the devs did a > guide for the upgrade. We didn't have the news thingy at the time so > people sort of ran into it like a train hitting a concrete wall. It > could get ugly real fast. > > Dale > > :-) :-)
I remember Dale running into some problems many moons ago, specific to his hardware detection, but a portage upgrade was not to blame at the time: https://xkcd.com/1586/ The image alt text is even funnier! :-))
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