On Sun, 22 Mar 2009 07:37:50 -0400, Philip Webb wrote: > 090322 Neil Bothwick wrote:
> > I hope you use --oneshot every time > > or your world file will be a complete mess by now :( > > Yes, there's always someone who says that (grin). I wouldn't want to disappoint you :) > Of course, it's 2nd nature to check for 'W' or 'S' in my list > & if the pkg has neither, make sure to 'emerge -1 <pkgname>'. I just use -1 whenever I re-emerge anything, whether it's in world or not. > Anyway, isn't 'world' going to vanish with the new '@' sets ? No. > > One or two problems a week against the thousands of people running it > > each day does not indicate a problem. I'd say that avoiding blockers > > etc by selectively skipping upgrades is more likely to lead to > > problems later. > No, people run 'emerge world' in the background, miss the messages > & then run into nasty trouble for omitting RR or 'etc-update'. Don't blame hammers because people try to use them to drive screws. Letting idiots break their systems is a refreshing sign of Gentoo's lack of idiot-proofing :) -- Neil Bothwick All mail what i send is thoughly proof-red, definately!
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