Re: [gentoo-user] emerge -1 `eix -Iu --only-names` & removing old version of Python

2008-08-30 Thread Stroller
On 30 Aug 2008, at 21:19, Alan McKinnon wrote: ... In retrospect, it would probably have been quicker if you went the long way round: emerge -e world Tried it. Kept dying and leaving a number of packages that I just couldn't build. Stroller.

Re: [gentoo-user] Default profile question

2008-08-30 Thread Dale
Tomáš Krasničan wrote: Hi, you can manage your /etc/make.profile symlink by eselect (emerge -av eselect) tool. "Eselect is a tool for administration and configuration on Gentoo systems. It provides consistent interface and tool names." eselect profile list - lists available profiles on you

Re: [gentoo-user] Default profile question

2008-08-30 Thread Tomáš Krasničan
Hi, you can manage your /etc/make.profile symlink by eselect (emerge -av eselect) tool. "Eselect is a tool for administration and configuration on Gentoo systems. It provides consistent interface and tool names." eselect profile list - lists available profiles on your system eselect profile

[gentoo-user] Default profile question

2008-08-30 Thread CJoeB
Hi all, I just did an emerge --sync and when I did 'emerge --pretend --update --deep world', I got told that my profile was deprecated. I was told to run the following steps: # cd /etc/ # rm make.profile # ln -s ../usr/portage/profiles/default/linux/x86/2008.0 make.profile I just want to ma

Re: [gentoo-user] emerge -1 `eix -Iu --only-names` & removing old version of Python

2008-08-30 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Saturday 30 August 2008 16:59:02 Stroller wrote: > but when I   > had the libexpat.so.0 error the only thing that worked (having   > followed a number of different advices posted here) was to rebuild   > EVERY outdated package on my system - a total numbering in the region   > of 250. I wouldn't

Re: [gentoo-user] emerge -1 `eix -Iu --only-names` & removing old version of Python

2008-08-30 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Saturday 30 August 2008 16:59:02 Stroller wrote: > On 30 Aug 2008, at 13:56, Alan McKinnon wrote: > > The main reason these packages are behind at all is that they are > > usually > > build dependencies, not run dependencies. They will only be updated > > with > > emerge -uD when something that

Re: [gentoo-user] emerge -1 `eix -Iu --only-names` & removing old version of Python

2008-08-30 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Sat, 30 Aug 2008 05:10:27 +0100, Stroller wrote: > It just seems more effective than `emerge -D > world` - that seems to miss many packages. The packages is misses are either build-time dependencies, so don't need updating, or are not dependencies of anything in world and would be removed by

Re: [gentoo-user] package.use update

2008-08-30 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Sat, 30 Aug 2008 08:26:51 -0400, John covici wrote: > What is the advantage of conf-update over cfg-update which I have been > using for quite a while? I like it, try it you might like it. If you don't, you haven't lost anything :) Honestly, it's been so long since I tried cfg-update, I can't

Re: [gentoo-user] package.use update

2008-08-30 Thread Dale
Geralt wrote: Hi, why still using RCS for version control when there's git? :-) I dunno. I didn't know about the other until a bit ago. o_O Dale :-) :-)

Re: [gentoo-user] KDE 4.1...

2008-08-30 Thread Thomas Kahle
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 |> have fun |> Tom | Thanks for the update. Slightly OT and planning ahead slightly, any | ideas how easy it will be to upgrade from the kdesvn-portage overlay to | the official ebuilds? If everything goes as planned, as easy as emerge -u :) | | Ch

Re: [gentoo-user] emerge -1 `eix -Iu --only-names` & removing old version of Python

2008-08-30 Thread Stroller
On 30 Aug 2008, at 13:56, Alan McKinnon wrote: The main reason these packages are behind at all is that they are usually build dependencies, not run dependencies. They will only be updated with emerge -uD when something that depends on them is rebuilt. To avoid this, use 'emerge --with-bde

Re: [gentoo-user] emerge -1 `eix -Iu --only-names` & removing old version of Python

2008-08-30 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Saturday 30 August 2008 06:10:27 Stroller wrote: > First question: is 'emerge -1 `eix -Iu --only-names`' a useful   > command for updating packages not in the world file? Or is this usage   > of mine to be avoided? It just seems more effective than `emerge -D   > world` - that seems to miss many

Re: [gentoo-user] package.use update

2008-08-30 Thread John covici
on Saturday 08/30/2008 Neil Bothwick([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote > On Sat, 30 Aug 2008 03:03:07 +0200, Matthias Bethke wrote: > > > > # etc-update > > > [...] > > > File: /etc/portage/._cfg_package.use > > > [...] > > > What is it about? > > > > No, I didn't see it, but it looks like

Re: [gentoo-user] CIFS ans SAMBA 2

2008-08-30 Thread Tomas Papan
On Saturday 30 August 2008 13:02:10 Tomas Papan wrote: > Hello all, > > I have a router (asus wl500gp with openwrt kamikaze 7.09) with samba server > version 2.0.10-4. I have used smbfs to mount this router on my gentoo-box > (everything works fine), but since kernel version 2.6.27 smbfs will be >

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2008-08-30 Thread Tomas Papan
Hello all, I have a router (asus wl500gp with openwrt kamikaze 7.09) with samba server version 2.0.10-4. I have used smbfs to mount this router on my gentoo-box (everything works fine), but since kernel version 2.6.27 smbfs will be removed I have to switch now to the cifs modul. The problem is

Re: [gentoo-user] package.use update

2008-08-30 Thread Geralt
Hi, why still using RCS for version control when there's git? :-) On Sat, Aug 30, 2008 at 12:56 PM, Dale <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Mick wrote: >> >> On Saturday 30 August 2008, Neil Bothwick wrote: >> >>> >>> On Sat, 30 Aug 2008 03:03:07 +0200, Matthias Bethke wrote: >>> > > # etc-up

Re: [gentoo-user] package.use update

2008-08-30 Thread Dale
Mick wrote: On Saturday 30 August 2008, Neil Bothwick wrote: On Sat, 30 Aug 2008 03:03:07 +0200, Matthias Bethke wrote: # etc-update [...] File: /etc/portage/._cfg_package.use [...] What is it about? No, I didn't see it, but it looks like some package moved to another cate

Re: [gentoo-user] RAID with mixed drive sizes

2008-08-30 Thread Florian Philipp
Matthias Bethke schrieb: Hi Florian, on Wed, Aug 27, 2008 at 10:29:07PM +0200, you wrote: Note1: NEVER EVER build some kind of RAID other than "Linear" (also called JBOD) over two IDE disks on the same cable. Performance will suffer greatly as will security because most simple onboard controlle

Re: [gentoo-user] package.use update

2008-08-30 Thread Mick
On Saturday 30 August 2008, Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Sat, 30 Aug 2008 03:03:07 +0200, Matthias Bethke wrote: > > > # etc-update > > > [...] > > > File: /etc/portage/._cfg_package.use > > > [...] > > > What is it about? > > > > No, I didn't see it, but it looks like some package moved to anothe

Re: [gentoo-user] package.use update

2008-08-30 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Sat, 30 Aug 2008 03:03:07 +0200, Matthias Bethke wrote: > > # etc-update > > [...] > > File: /etc/portage/._cfg_package.use > > [...] > > What is it about? > > No, I didn't see it, but it looks like some package moved to another > category or got renamed so portage patched package.use f