Michael wrote:
> 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!  :-))


That sounds like hal.  Let's not go there.  That nerve is still a bit
touchy.  ;-) 

That pic makes me wonder.  lol 

Dale

:-)  :-)