I guess someone else has come across this already in a different thread. Is there a guide yet? I like to emerge -u with D and N flags, but this can't happen again until expat upgrade is smoothed out?
<for amusement> 420 emerge -auDNv system 422 emerge -auDNv world 424 emerge -av XML-Parser 431 emerge -auDNv world 432 emerge -Cv gnome-base/control-center 434 emerge -Cv app-dicts/aspell-en 435 emerge -av XML-Parser 436 emerge -auDNv world 437 /etc/init.d/gpm start 439 tac /var/log/portage/gnome-base:gnome-keyring-0.8.1:20070812-213457.log|less 443 equery b libfontconfig.so 444 revdep-rebuild -p fontconfig 446 locate libexpat.so 448 eix expat 449 emerge -av expat 450 equery d expat 452 emerge -aDv dbus 453 dispatch-conf 456 revdep-rebuild -X 457 tac /var/log/portage/x11-libs:qt-3.3.8-r3:20070812-215617.log |less 458 eix fontconfig 460 emerge -aDv fontconfig 461 emerge -aDv expat 462 eix expat 464 emerge -av =expat-1.95.8 465 revdep-rebuild -X 475 emerge -aDv gnome-light [ this quietly emerges expat 2, iirc ] [ getting desperate here ] 478 emerge -aCv XML-Parser 479 emerge -av XML-Parser 480 emerge -aDv gnome-light 481 locate libexpat.so.0 482 /etc/init.d/gpm 483 /etc/init.d/gpm start 485 locate libexpat.so.0 486 ls -l /usr/lib/libexpat.so.0 487 eix expat 491 emerge -av --oneshot =dev-libs/expat-1.95.8 492 emerge -aCv XML-Parser 493 emerge -av XML-Parser 494 ls -l /usr/lib/libexpat.so.0 495 emerge -aDv gnome-light 496 emerge -pDv gnome-light |less 497 emerge -pv gnome-light |less [ AHA! ] 498 emerge -av gnome-light 499 dispatch-conf </end amusement> So, I'm still not upgraded to expat 2, but my system works again. So, is there a proven way to do upgrade to have a system using expat 2 libs? Cheers, -- Michael Higgins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
