From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id C1FA21382C5 for ; Sun, 6 Dec 2020 12:27:45 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id F190EE0931; Sun, 6 Dec 2020 12:27:39 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail.digimed.co.uk (mail.digimed.co.uk [82.69.83.178]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 8C867E090E for ; Sun, 6 Dec 2020 12:27:39 +0000 (UTC) Received: from digimed.co.uk (fenchurch.digimed.co.uk [192.168.1.6]) by mail.digimed.co.uk (Postfix) with ESMTPA id 661F564B1D for ; Sun, 6 Dec 2020 12:27:37 +0000 (GMT) Date: Sun, 6 Dec 2020 12:27:29 +0000 From: Neil Bothwick To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] update fails, but I don't see why Message-ID: <20201206122729.251a4999@digimed.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <57d5e451-59fc-a275-71f9-87c65937cccd@web.de> References: <20201203220645.01090419@ventiloplattform.tastytea.de> <852ef3f8-4727-ff3d-041e-28b2c9cbf93e@web.de> <84c6547e-e291-0dfe-5b41-2de67f002f41@web.de> <2ab73547-91dc-3952-a188-85d62865b8ee@web.de> <8deb86d2-c055-95b0-70ce-18e3561fadb6@web.de> <46403e55-e11d-aa8a-d1fe-8fc4b3a93e8d@web.de> <20201204224614.0ba4aa27@digimed.co.uk> <57d5e451-59fc-a275-71f9-87c65937cccd@web.de> Organization: Digital Media Production X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.17.8 (GTK+ 2.24.32; x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) X-GPG-Fingerprint: 7260 0F33 97EC 2F1E 7667 FE37 BA6E 1A97 4375 1903 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 X-Auto-Response-Suppress: DR, RN, NRN, OOF, AutoReply MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="Sig_/HQKm/UFIyJLl+cfXPl+a9Rz"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=pgp-sha256 X-Archives-Salt: 7fa66781-80a9-45ff-85a7-b71f4f9d8d9a X-Archives-Hash: 7db57fb8632a3ef38db5f06d830d51ba --Sig_/HQKm/UFIyJLl+cfXPl+a9Rz Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sat, 5 Dec 2020 09:54:50 +0100, n952162 wrote: > > Yes you should, t keep your system consistent. You should also heed > > the messages about unread news items and updating config files as > > these can also have a bearing on keeping your system running > > smoothly. =20 >=20 >=20 > I maintain at least 7 gentoo systems, the news will have gotten read > (seen, at any rate ;-) ) on one system or another.=C2=A0 I have a similar situation, but the news items vary from one system to the next, depending on what is installed. You should at least check the list of unread news on each computer and then mark them all as read. > The config files I > do by hand.=C2=A0 They're actually up-to-date.=C2=A0 I probably shouldn't= let it > create those ._cfg* files, but I do for safe-keeping. It's generally easier to use a config update manager like dispatch-conf or conf-update. --=20 Neil Bothwick Top Oxymorons Number 35: Legally drunk --Sig_/HQKm/UFIyJLl+cfXPl+a9Rz Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQIzBAEBCAAdFiEE8k9T/rX16EJxEKG692eFu0QSMJgFAl/MzjIACgkQ92eFu0QS MJjvMBAAsvSbwjzNyINc8mlzN5dkf+MoFT5l9Goe1vpIt+A+y9ZviyLlAJqKh6WF o5zdn9s3zG+XkTNGJK1l0E9mgmxWK3oyPWgVZ4zqHV6EQ9e8w5HrmXbRRSidjVbp 6wXhesFrRYmoJ1O+aFFnR38ffOfcFhmSA+fyMHKV6bQF9bwoTZXWxwgGUJ0n/f3Q ECMlduVbtpTHjIS41QgbR0qfiDahpaQNqqo1iW50IGcEmtana/O/7Vtaf9qaXR7D RLM54KXMj//2r6iP8bkn5IdHF7QkRK+xdPqIheWRA+7Ba9THpgiZTpjVtbN+4y4B hPiWQr0q1rpM4Na2xU2aP8E2qaEf2UARMjoE8LwzRVqrIk+UXzIdSN7tAmvko5PB lAVPJCXoAc9agmLS4TPTZkTalGduCk7DsgjxUCCm5qKxbGUkapxO0Dr4P0Rrz0Zc 0pcdgn5mloveDejEfizLIk//c03eWpCLNFYvgs+NArGeQn02+j9QWAd1SOJzIKpD fdRtdhoWqcd+BVRdew7czKmgvk6tHYOP9iKdoSRKTKlNWoJJ9T8S0X4uFdt9P/qL Hjtbpjcs7tJ+Ht0Stbem9Y7WiRi/HXG7u1WGKnPU/lA0hYiHpXAOgL+D8JPXb1Dh +l+K8C+aGjlN6gnq5oD7E04f5FNKxItAFcgBG99kHwx9DjZqk8U= =c67P -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Sig_/HQKm/UFIyJLl+cfXPl+a9Rz--