From: "J. Roeleveld" <joost@antarean.org>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: "masked by: EAPI 7" trying up update "portage" - how to proceed
Date: Mon, 15 Jun 2020 18:25:43 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <17870C8C-05B7-41F2-83E7-DA449D49B12C@antarean.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <rc85ai$1auc$1@ciao.gmane.io>
On 15 June 2020 17:49:39 CEST, Grant Edwards <grant.b.edwards@gmail.com> wrote:
>On 2020-06-15, J. Roeleveld <joost@antarean.org> wrote:
>
>><Snipped lengthy output>
>>
>> With a system that has not been updated for over 3 years, I would
>suggest to
>> Start from scratch and copy the config across.
>
>That's definitely, by far, the fastest and easiest way to get to a
>working, current system.
>
>> If you do insist on trying to work through this,
>
>Which is something many of us have done once just to see if we could.
How do you think I learned that sequence as being the best option?
>It's not something one tends to do a second time. :)
I actually did, as I was not able to boot from rescue media anytime soon. It was a risk to do it by remote and if there had been a power failure in the middle of it, it could have ended in disaster. But I managed it.
That was the 2nd and last time I ever did that. Ever since I schedule in maintenance weekends for the few systems that are critical.
(This is at home)
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Joost
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Thread overview: 53+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2020-06-11 6:47 [gentoo-user] "masked by: EAPI 7" trying up update "portage" - how to proceed n952162
2020-06-11 8:10 ` Neil Bothwick
2020-06-11 12:47 ` Rich Freeman
2020-06-11 19:36 ` n952162
2020-06-11 20:01 ` Rich Freeman
2020-06-11 20:10 ` n952162
2020-06-11 21:05 ` Jack
2020-06-11 21:10 ` n952162
2020-06-11 21:22 ` n952162
2020-06-11 21:59 ` Jack
2020-06-11 22:05 ` n952162
2020-06-11 22:43 ` Jack
2020-06-12 6:32 ` n952162
2020-06-14 7:01 ` n952162
2020-06-14 16:02 ` antlists
2020-06-14 18:22 ` n952162
2020-06-11 21:06 ` Rich Freeman
2020-06-11 21:15 ` n952162
2020-06-11 20:28 ` n952162
2020-06-11 20:35 ` Rich Freeman
2020-06-11 20:43 ` n952162
2020-06-11 21:20 ` Rich Freeman
2020-06-11 21:45 ` n952162
2020-06-11 22:09 ` n952162
2020-06-11 23:09 ` Rich Freeman
2020-06-12 6:40 ` n952162
2020-06-12 8:00 ` n952162
2020-06-12 13:49 ` Rich Freeman
2020-06-12 14:00 ` Jack
2020-06-12 14:38 ` Michael
2020-06-12 14:42 ` J. Roeleveld
2020-06-12 14:48 ` n952162
2020-06-12 14:53 ` Rich Freeman
2020-06-12 14:50 ` Michael
2020-06-12 14:44 ` n952162
2020-06-12 14:52 ` Michael
2020-06-12 17:15 ` Peter Humphrey
2020-06-12 14:50 ` Rich Freeman
2020-06-12 15:05 ` Jack
2020-06-12 15:14 ` Michael
2020-06-12 13:45 ` Rich Freeman
2020-06-11 19:07 ` n952162
2020-06-13 19:42 ` Andreas K. Hüttel
2020-06-13 22:05 ` n952162
2020-06-14 8:23 ` n952162
2020-06-14 20:07 ` n952162
2020-06-14 22:06 ` Neil Bothwick
2020-06-15 11:26 ` n952162
2020-06-15 14:20 ` J. Roeleveld
2020-06-15 14:36 ` n952162
2020-06-15 15:49 ` [gentoo-user] " Grant Edwards
2020-06-15 16:25 ` J. Roeleveld [this message]
2020-06-15 19:49 ` Peter Humphrey
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