Re: [gentoo-user] portage blockage gnome-control-center vs gnome-media

[Volker Armin Hemmann <volkerarmin@googlemail.com>]

Am Montag 15 August 2011, 20:04:21 schrieb Alan McKinnon:
> On Mon 15 August 2011 19:31:50 Volker Armin Hemmann did opine thusly:
> > Am Montag 15 August 2011, 19:25:12 schrieb Alan McKinnon:
> > > On Mon 15 August 2011 11:33:02 Paul Hartman did opine thusly:
> > > > On Mon, Aug 15, 2011 at 3:27 AM, Alan McKinnon
> > > 
> > > <alan.mckinnon@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > > That caught me out a few times too. I put these commands
> > > > > into a bash alias:
> > > > > 
> > > > > emerge --sync
> > > > > layman -S
> > > > > eix-update
> > > > > 
> > > > > and use that to sync portage. That way I don't leave
> > > > > steps out.> >
> > > > 
> > > > Congratulations, you reinvented the "eix-sync" command. :)
> > > 
> > > You caught me out :-)
> > > 
> > > There was a reason (a good one) why I did that several years
> > > ago, but for the life of me I can't think what it was.
> > 
> > if eix-sync fails with one of the overlays, all fails.
> > if one overlay fails doing it step by step you can do all the other
> > stuff without worrying about it.
> 
> Sounds familiar, odds are good that's what drove me to take the long
> road.
> 
> I take it eix-sync still has this same behaviour?

well, it failed on me a few weeks ago.


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