From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1N3aWi-0008JW-Hw for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Thu, 29 Oct 2009 19:19:16 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 64833E09B7; Thu, 29 Oct 2009 19:19:03 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-ew0-f206.google.com (mail-ew0-f206.google.com [209.85.219.206]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1CBA7E09B7 for ; Thu, 29 Oct 2009 19:19:03 +0000 (UTC) Received: by ewy2 with SMTP id 2so230085ewy.34 for ; Thu, 29 Oct 2009 12:19:02 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:from:to:subject:date :user-agent:references:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type :content-transfer-encoding:message-id; bh=/53YQJhqyguLWLVl/rhdsIv1rkY3ZU4A2dDLOyME2bg=; b=VS17argVWHUpyXyQN4AI8aGaPnkykJVHxKdJ/amF8vBwM0WUvUxgqNm55tQfGvSKZ4 7WMIYfy0mGghp8EN6zD60YTeKHRfjDn7x1SNsVnK2l7ZcMCr7ZVE68XaH2yDbAsB81xV t8X0jGt2l9SSx3cHx+z53HmzHvQzhIFuChV+Q= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=from:to:subject:date:user-agent:references:in-reply-to:mime-version :content-type:content-transfer-encoding:message-id; b=exEDYMBjz/aa7Kk+oBv4xoOlYSriOAGfpFnhv1PNgamBFrSdWqAiMDKcbDfqKG8Xtn 1ZxZ30yCPPKAbPAh7exo42ygFLmGp9LzB+T9mmV4hbknKbxwxpBvT+qBTcZhSpBlSZGY tctM01UVHvoyZk9vRyKHKfG8HUFxhKtDXVRwc= Received: by 10.211.155.11 with SMTP id h11mr3050022ebo.40.1256843942577; Thu, 29 Oct 2009 12:19:02 -0700 (PDT) Received: from nazgul.localnet (196-210-153-40-rrdg-esr-2.dynamic.isadsl.co.za [196.210.153.40]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id 7sm6699899eyg.25.2009.10.29.12.19.01 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Thu, 29 Oct 2009 12:19:01 -0700 (PDT) From: Alan McKinnon To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re (DONE): kde4 upgrading Date: Thu, 29 Oct 2009 21:17:58 +0200 User-Agent: KMail/1.12.2 (Linux/2.6.31-zen4; KDE/4.3.2; x86_64; ; ) References: In-Reply-To: Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <200910292117.58052.alan.mckinnon@gmail.com> X-Archives-Salt: 15a2c47c-2018-4a67-a59a-2f0671ad0e11 X-Archives-Hash: 4da99eacc9d0d732d51981c7ee7c227f On Thursday 29 October 2009 16:59:24 James wrote: > Stroller stellar.eclipse.co.uk> writes: > > I think that alternative methods of approaching system administration > > are sure to bring their own problems and require an investment of time > > to implement, but I don't see how upgrading machines one by one is > > sustainable. Honestly, it would be driving me crazy to be in your > > position, and I think some other alternative might well show time and > > hassle saved once it's up and running. > > OK guys. > Thanks for the unecessary tongue lashing. > The systems rarely are at my location. I just cannot upgrade them > at my decision, as they belong to others. > Ah. That explains a lot. You can ignore my other mail of 10 minutes ago about updating multiple machines simultaneously. -- alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com