Am 25.02.2021 um 02:43 schrieb Grant Taylor:
I need to update a system that hasn't been updated in 337 days (March
24th 2020. -- Life has been ... trying.
What is the best way forward?
It seems as if there have been a lot of changes in the interim; glibc,
Python 2.7 being deprecated, defaul
On Thursday, 25 February 2021 04:29:25 GMT Grant Taylor wrote:
> On 2/24/21 9:16 PM, John Covici wrote:
[snip ...]
> > Unless you have a lot of customizations, reinstall would be much
> > better.
It would probably be better even with a lot of customizations. ;-)
At least it /should/ be better
On 25/02/21 08:45, hitachi303 wrote:
> Am 25.02.2021 um 02:43 schrieb Grant Taylor:
>> I need to update a system that hasn't been updated in 337 days (March
>> 24th 2020. -- Life has been ... trying.
>>
>> What is the best way forward?
>>
>> It seems as if there have been a lot of changes in the
On Thu, 25 Feb 2021 09:51:25 +, Michael wrote:
> > Besides, wouldn't each of the incremental processes over the last year
> > have been possible? ;-)
>
> Yes, it would have been, but what is the benefit of updating multiple
> packages many times over, instead of doing it just once?
One be
On 2021-02-25, Grant Taylor wrote:
> I need to update a system that hasn't been updated in 337 days (March
> 24th 2020. -- Life has been ... trying.
>
> What is the best way forward?
If it were me, I'd probably back up /etc and /home and just reinstall.
--
other Grant
On 2021-02-25, Grant Taylor wrote:
> Besides, wouldn't each of the incremental processes over the last year
> have been possible? ;-)
Yes -- and fairly easy. Somehow, the amount of update effort required
doesn't just add up over time, it multiplies.
On 2021-02-25, hitachi303 wrote:
> I found it to be helpful to de-install as many programs as possible
> before starting the update and the first emerge --sync. This reduces the
> amount of conflicts by a considerable amount.
Yes, Definitely. If you can, uninstall anything "big" that you can
l
On 2/25/21 2:51 AM, Michael wrote:
It would probably be better even with a lot of customizations. ;-)
Please elaborate on what "better" means in this case. I'm thinking that
you might be meaning "faster" and / or "easier" (as in less effort).
At least it /should/ be better in terms of tim
On Thu, 25 Feb 2021 15:15:55 - (UTC)
Grant Edwards wrote:
> On 2021-02-25, hitachi303 wrote:
>
> > I found it to be helpful to de-install as many programs as possible
> > before starting the update and the first emerge --sync. This reduces the
> > amount of conflicts by a considerable amount
On Thursday, 25 February 2021 15:42:38 GMT Grant Taylor wrote:
> On 2/25/21 2:51 AM, Michael wrote:
> > A reinstall in this context is not a wholesale replace.
>
> ~blink~
>
> > It implies obtaining the latest Stage 3 archive from a mirror,
> > but retaining part of your current installation. Y
On Thu, 25 Feb 2021 15:15:55 - (UTC), Grant Edwards wrote:
> > I found it to be helpful to de-install as many programs as possible
> > before starting the update and the first emerge --sync. This reduces
> > the amount of conflicts by a considerable amount.
>
> Yes, Definitely. If you can,
On Thu, Feb 25, 2021 at 9:33 AM Neil Bothwick wrote:
>
> On Thu, 25 Feb 2021 15:15:55 - (UTC), Grant Edwards wrote:
>
> > > I found it to be helpful to de-install as many programs as possible
> > > before starting the update and the first emerge --sync. This reduces
> > > the amount of conflic
Am 25.02.2021 um 17:13 schrieb Andreas Fink:
On Thu, 25 Feb 2021 15:15:55 - (UTC)
Grant Edwards wrote:
On 2021-02-25, hitachi303 wrote:
I found it to be helpful to de-install as many programs as possible
before starting the update and the first emerge --sync. This reduces the
amount of
hitachi303 wrote:
> Am 25.02.2021 um 17:13 schrieb Andreas Fink:
>> On Thu, 25 Feb 2021 15:15:55 - (UTC)
>> Grant Edwards wrote:
>>
>>> On 2021-02-25, hitachi303 wrote:
>>>
I found it to be helpful to de-install as many programs as possible
before starting the update and the first e
On 2/24/21 9:29 PM, Grant Taylor wrote:
I'm currently doing an "emerge -DUNe @system" on the restore of
/usr/portage (typical PORTDIR) from prior to messing with things today.
The system is now stable with a full -DUNe @system.
emerge -DUNe @system
reboot
emerge -DUNe @world && emerge
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