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 6EE63138359 for ; Thu, 7 May 2020 15:42:19 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 266DBE0971; Thu, 7 May 2020 15:42:13 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-gw.thundermail.uk (mail-gw.thundermail.uk [149.255.60.75]) (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 BE94FE0921 for ; Thu, 7 May 2020 15:42:12 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mailgw01.thundermail.uk (mail-gw.thundermail.uk [149.255.60.66]) by mail-gw.thundermail.uk (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 97CC4602F8E1 for ; Thu, 7 May 2020 16:42:11 +0100 (BST) X-ASG-Debug-ID: 1588866131-05541315aa309200001-LfjuLa Received: from cloud307.thundercloud.uk (cloud307.thundercloud.uk [149.255.58.40]) by mailgw01.thundermail.uk with ESMTP id 6SpKhvL4GhdlTfhs (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128 verify=NO) for ; Thu, 07 May 2020 16:42:11 +0100 (BST) X-Barracuda-Envelope-From: confabulate@kintzios.com X-Barracuda-Effective-Source-IP: cloud307.thundercloud.uk[149.255.58.40] X-Barracuda-Apparent-Source-IP: 149.255.58.40 Received: from lenovo.localdomain (230.3.169.217.in-addr.arpa [217.169.3.230]) by cloud307.thundercloud.uk (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 4F82DC44530 for ; Thu, 7 May 2020 16:42:10 +0100 (BST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=kintzios.com; s=default; t=1588866130; bh=0/EpssOTXnUSApD1/cwflCN8EEaJITY1eiQLq7bV4qE=; h=From:To:Subject; b=Tkr957JgBKTPYogeRsj68DWKMybcHoxilWMaGWU143rb2k9LCsePGL/dfTOs7kexf OfzWWkIQYEekk5/fCcrir7DEbLqZPD+iz2/Ou0hSgraI9ZrcWRht6kf8r6717sUWAa M8PMV7LcJ9+pAti25+A3eqPaQK+JBm6XQYjlqAnw= Authentication-Results: cloud307.thundercloud.uk; spf=pass (sender IP is 217.169.3.230) smtp.mailfrom=confabulate@kintzios.com smtp.helo=lenovo.localdomain Received-SPF: pass (cloud307.thundercloud.uk: connection is authenticated) From: Michael To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Is Gentoo dead? 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Message-ID: <20639335.EfDdHjke4D@lenovo.localdomain> In-Reply-To: References: <20200421165803.GB187193@redacted> <20200507092624.11b33ae0@digimed.co.uk> 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="nextPart7097863.EvYhyI6sBW"; micalg="pgp-sha256"; protocol="application/pgp-signature" X-PPP-Message-ID: <20200507154210.519321.2693@cloud307.thundercloud.uk> X-PPP-Vhost: kintzios.com X-Barracuda-Connect: cloud307.thundercloud.uk[149.255.58.40] X-Barracuda-Start-Time: 1588866131 X-Barracuda-Encrypted: ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 X-Barracuda-URL: https://149.255.60.66:443/cgi-mod/mark.cgi X-Virus-Scanned: by bsmtpd at thundermail.uk X-Barracuda-Scan-Msg-Size: 865 X-Barracuda-BRTS-Status: 1 X-Barracuda-Spam-Score: 0.00 X-Barracuda-Spam-Status: No, SCORE=0.00 using global scores of TAG_LEVEL=1000.0 QUARANTINE_LEVEL=1000.0 KILL_LEVEL=1.9 tests= X-Barracuda-Spam-Report: Code version 3.2, rules version 3.2.3.81692 Rule breakdown below pts rule name description ---- ---------------------- -------------------------------------------------- X-Archives-Salt: 1a260b54-5fe1-4474-a38e-afdebd568cfb X-Archives-Hash: 7c8d62745103166cfcbaa590e488d36c --nextPart7097863.EvYhyI6sBW Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" 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! :-)) --nextPart7097863.EvYhyI6sBW Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part. 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