On Thursday, 7 May 2020 16:11:03 BST Dale wrote:
> Neil Bothwick wrote:
> > On Wed, 6 May 2020 22:31:54 -0500, Dale wrote:
> >> There used to be a package that caused some serious problems with
> >> upgrades.  It was really tricky but I can't recall the name of it since
> >> it was ages ago.
> > 
> > expat? I recall that causing some hair loss.
> 
> It's possible but it doesn't ring a bell.  I recall that the devs did a
> guide for the upgrade.  We didn't have the news thingy at the time so
> people sort of ran into it like a train hitting a concrete wall.  It
> could get ugly real fast. 
> 
> Dale
> 
> :-)  :-) 

I remember Dale running into some problems many moons ago, specific to his 
hardware detection, but a portage upgrade was not to blame at the time:

https://xkcd.com/1586/

The image alt text is even funnier!  :-))