From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 2630 invoked from network); 21 Jul 2004 01:07:09 +0000 Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (156.56.111.197) by lists.gentoo.org with AES256-SHA encrypted SMTP; 21 Jul 2004 01:07:09 +0000 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([156.56.111.196] helo=parrot.gentoo.org) by smtp.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1Bn5Zb-0004Bx-CR for arch-gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org; Wed, 21 Jul 2004 01:07:07 +0000 Received: (qmail 14717 invoked by uid 89); 21 Jul 2004 01:07:07 +0000 Mailing-List: contact gentoo-dev-help@gentoo.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org Received: (qmail 23638 invoked from network); 21 Jul 2004 01:07:06 +0000 Message-ID: <40FDC1B9.1020804@engr.orst.edu> Date: Tue, 20 Jul 2004 18:07:05 -0700 From: Michael Marineau User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 0.7.1 (X11/20040702) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org References: <20040720131405.GW18023@mail.lieber.org> <40FDB868.8070404@engr.orst.edu> <200407202054.57785.absinthe@gentoo.org> In-Reply-To: <200407202054.57785.absinthe@gentoo.org> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.84.1.0 X-Enigmail-Supports: pgp-inline, pgp-mime Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new-20030616-p7 (Debian GNU/Linux) at oregonstate.edu X-Spam-Status: No, hits=1.9 tagged_above=-999.0 required=5.0 tests=WEIRD_PORT X-Spam-Level: * Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Revisiting GLEP 19 X-Archives-Salt: a5fde3b1-09c2-4677-9653-edff9c230edf X-Archives-Hash: eff4e36a1f734727d9f41ecedadedd1b -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 | Interface? It wouldn't differ from how upgrades are currently performed. | | - Change your profile to a newer one The above step is the one that I see as unclear in the current system. | - emerge -pv system | - emerge -pv world | - modify make.conf, /etc/portage/* to taste | - and so on | Depends on how the package is versioned in the profile. E.g. if you have | glibc-2.3.2-r2 installed, and your profile has: | | =sys-libs/glibc-2.3.2 | | You will get glibc-2.3.2-r3 and any other updates, but not 2.3.3 or later. | If, for whatever reason, that release needs to be updated to 2.3.3, the | profile will need to be changed. Which is not an issue if there's a valid | reason why it needs to be done. Sounds reasonable to me. | | Cheers, | Dylan Carlson [absinthe@gentoo.org] | Public Key: http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0x708E165F | | -- | gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing list - -- Michael Marineau marineam@engr.orst.edu Oregon State University -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFA/cG5iP+LossGzjARAg/KAJ4klnkIx1yi7+Laa6oQP/6owMv98wCfR7r8 hjgQUbBorkf0ikNyq4uuKo4= =ynP9 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing list