From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([69.77.167.62] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1KvA1V-0002aP-4O for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Wed, 29 Oct 2008 12:19:41 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 0DA9FE05D1; Wed, 29 Oct 2008 12:19:40 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail.ercbroadband.org (mail.ercbroadband.org [152.53.1.9]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C755FE05D1 for ; Wed, 29 Oct 2008 12:19:39 +0000 (UTC) x-spam-checker-version: SpamAssassin 3.1.7 (2006-10-05) Exchange SpamAssassin Sink (www.christopherlewis.com) 1.2.76 on chapman.ercbroadband.local x-spam-level: x-spam-status: No, score=-4.4 required=7.5 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=3.1.7 Thread-Index: Ack5wJnBD3wyOGSWQvuGtNoPwQfsXA== Received: from [192.168.10.35] ([192.168.10.35] RDNS failed) by mail.ercbroadband.org with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.3959); Wed, 29 Oct 2008 08:19:00 -0400 Content-class: urn:content-classes:message X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.3790.4325 Importance: normal Priority: normal Message-ID: <490854B0.7080802@ercbroadband.org> Date: Wed, 29 Oct 2008 08:18:56 -0400 From: "Mark Haney" User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.14 (X11/20080619) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-amd64@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-amd64@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Subject: Re: [gentoo-amd64] Re: Following the kde4.1 upgrade guide References: <4906004B.4030707@ercbroadband.org> <49071FA1.9050202@ercbroadband.org> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-OriginalArrivalTime: 29 Oct 2008 12:19:00.0306 (UTC) FILETIME=[86190320:01C939C0] X-Archives-Salt: c7ff42e5-d169-416e-aadc-ad651a225231 X-Archives-Hash: 213524fbfb366065445739affc9617d0 Duncan wrote: > > Yes. Here's my problem, when I follow the documentation, I put the file in package.keywords, and that doesn't unmask them when I do an emerge --update. At this point, I think the documentation is wrong and that should be placed in package.unmask, right? > > FWIW, I run FEATURES=buildpkg so I always have binpkgs for what's > installed, but otherwise I'd consider quickpkging the existing KDE before > you upgrade, just in case something doesn't work on the upgrade. Then > I'd unmerge the existing kde4, so it didn't screw anything up going to > the new version. You know, I've never used that feature before, or in fact built any packages as backups. Got any tips or link to show me the best way to handle it? > > BTW, if you are still running kde3 as well, I strongly recommend > USE=kdeprefix. Unfortunately there's a ways to go in getting the > unprefixed kde4 to stay out of the way of kde3. People are having > problems with kde3 apps because the config search path is the normal dirs > (/usr/share/config and friends) before the prefix dirs > (/usr/kde/3.5/share/config and friends), and if kde4 is installed without > kdeprefix, it installs to the normal dirs, screwing up the config for > kde3 packages. This system config problem is quite apart from the user > config issues, which are more or less solved at this point, provided you > follow instructions (or were using separate user accounts for kde3 and > kde4, as recommended way earlier). > Actually, I do have 3.5.9 on this box and I've yet to go back to it now that 4.1.1 is on it. However, I'd already decided to use kdeprefix anyway, mainly because I feel more comfortable moving through that upgrade path than NOT using it. -- Libenter homines id quod volunt credunt -- Caius Julius Caesar Mark Haney Sr. Systems Administrator ERC Broadband (828) 350-2415 Call (866) ERC-7110 for after hours support