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Date: Sun, 5 Jun 2011 17:57:04 +0100
From: Neil Bothwick <neil@digimed.co.uk>
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On Sun, 5 Jun 2011 15:11:04 +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote:

> IIRC the approved way to do it is set arch to stable then just leave it
> alone for 6 months letting packages catch up. Keep an eye out for
> security bugs but otherwise do nothing. After a while emerge world will
> show a list that looks like it will complete without too much
> difficulty.=20

Alternatively, run something like

emerge -ep world |  awk '/^\[ebuild/ {print "~"$4}' >/etc/portage/package.a=
ccept_keywords/stabilise

Then let the system work itself back to stable as stable catches up with
your current packages.


--=20
Neil Bothwick

Mosquito - designed to make houseflies look better.

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