Alan McKinnon wrote: > On Thursday 12 March 2009 10:07:03 Dale wrote: > > >> Could he just not sync and call it a day? I suspect this is going to >> bite him one day tho. We know Gentoo likes to be updated fairly >> regular. I been around Gentoo for years and I don't think I would want >> to do this. I'm not sure how much experience the OP has tho. >> > > Michael's been around a while, his name is familiar. He did say he wants -rN > updates so I take that to mean he wants bug fixes and security updates but > everything else to stay that same and especially no potential ABI/API changes > > Not an unreasonable thing actually - it's what you get with RedHat or any > decent enterprise distro > > >> I do understand that getting something stable and working then wanting >> to keep it that way. I'm just wondering what his mileage may be in the >> long run. >> > > I can only imagine what will happen if he forgets that package.mask and then > removes it six months later:-) > >
Since he has been around a while and knows what he wants, then I guess he knows the possible pitfalls too. I just wanted to mention it in case he doesn't know that not updating can lead to issues later on. Didn't I post on a thread recently about a system not being updated in a long while and a reinstall was better than updating? It's one of those things that worries me. I must confess that I do the same with my kernel. When I get one that works, I just don't want to update. I download them and build a new one but just don't boot them. Of course this is another reason why too: r...@smoker / # uptime 03:23:09 up 60 days, 11:10, 3 users, load average: 1.16, 1.33, 1.37 r...@smoker / # I go for a while without rebooting and forget the new kernel is there. Yea, if something happens to the package.mask file, he's in for a surprise for sure. OP, you may also want to make package.mask a directory and then you can sort out your files easier too. Just something to think about. I think that is a new feature. Dale :-) :-)
