Re: [gentoo-user] No longer getting elog messages - Please cancel for now

[billyd <billydw@comcast.net>]

> Well, quite a few people *did* have elog issues recently here.
> 
> I suppose you can be forgiven for making a perfectly reasonable assumption,
> even if it was wrong in the end :-)

Thanks again, Alan,

I've been working with Gentoo for nearly 6 years now and try to resolve all my 
issues without asking for help. I still consider myself a newbie.  I feel I 
learn more by researching the issue. In fact, I think I only posted to the 
lists one time 4 to 5 years ago.

Being a retired investigator, I know I must consider all the evidence even if 
it proves my initial theory was wrong.  Here, the fact that no one else was 
reporting the same issue ( similar, yes, but not the same) led me to consider 
that I may not really have a problem, or that I may have somehow introduced 
the problem myself.  I knew that was unlike simply because I had not make any 
changes on my system.   For me, 2 weeks of -uNDv world and no entries in elog/ 
seemed unusual.  I did check for duplicate entries in /var/log/portage. Like 
you said, they were not identical - one was a summary and the other the 
complete log.

Don't know why I didn't think to do my test with the nvidia-drivers or some 
other package I know always puts a .log file in elog/ earlier.

I think I will unmask portage as you suggest and give it a try. That is why I 
have 3 Gentoo installs.  I try to keep one clear of problems and use it to 
sync off the Gentoo mirrors.  I sync the other 2 installs off the first one to 
save bandwith all around.  I use them to work out issues or try new things.

Your help, insight, suggestions are much appreciated.

billyd