On Tuesday 27 October 2009 18:13:29 James wrote: > Hello, > > I have several workstations on kde4, mostly 4.2.4 or 4.2.x. > > > I'm looking for a clean, easy, unattended method to upgrade > about a dozen systems to kde 4.3.x (Or KDE 4 stable only). I'm > not sure what the latest stable kde4 version is, > or what folks recommend.
latest stable is 4.3.1 4.3.2 seems to work fine for most folk. These days it's X causing grief, not KDE... > Since I try to keep the system with the same packages installed, as to > not cause me to go crazy. Most are using SETS and the /etc/portage > files are a mess and all different. > > > Simplification and consolidation on kde 4 that is stable is my goal. > Trying to upgrade causes a painful one step at a time editing of > the /etc/portage files. I need to get away from that! Pick the primary workstation and get that one right, either using sets you like or the -meta packages. x11-terms/clusterssh is your friend here: configure it to log into all your workstations; launch it; what you type is sent to every workstation aka how-to-update-many-machines-in-parallel :-) > > Suggestions or documents are most appreciated, even if I have to unmerge > all of kde4-hack and reinstall kde4.3(stable). > > Is this guide the best (and current) to use: > http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/desktop/kde/kde4-guide.xml#doc_chap2 > > > I'm looking for guidance and wisdom here, to keep my admin time > at a minimal on kde4. > > > ideas? > James > -- alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com
