From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1MGFOj-0005Ul-Ia for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Mon, 15 Jun 2009 16:51:06 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 5D8B2E03E9; Mon, 15 Jun 2009 16:51:04 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtpout.karoo.kcom.com (smtpout.karoo.kcom.com [212.50.160.34]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 20B77E03E9 for ; Mon, 15 Jun 2009 16:51:04 +0000 (UTC) X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.42,222,1243810800"; d="scan'208";a="102145954" Received: from unknown (HELO compaq.stroller.uk.eu.org) ([213.152.39.90]) by smtpout.karoo.kcom.com with ESMTP; 15 Jun 2009 17:51:03 +0100 Received: from [192.168.1.71] (unknown [192.168.1.71]) by compaq.stroller.uk.eu.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E1D6C137CFE for ; Mon, 15 Jun 2009 17:50:53 +0100 (BST) Message-Id: <38DBB4E9-0CB6-4FF7-BF83-DD22C2970A43@stellar.eclipse.co.uk> From: Stroller To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org In-Reply-To: <200906150934.09553.alan.mckinnon@gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit 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 Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v935.3) Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: About procmail and getline Date: Mon, 15 Jun 2009 17:50:58 +0100 References: <20090614165753.GB12492@marvin.heimnetz.local> <874ouipvfh.fsf@newsguy.com> <200906150934.09553.alan.mckinnon@gmail.com> X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.935.3) X-Archives-Salt: 8e1b9bb4-f79b-415d-909d-680f4c03b4a5 X-Archives-Hash: a5cdedd7009769fde74b7d2acb6f185f On 15 Jun 2009, at 08:34, Alan McKinnon wrote: > ... > Much more work than it's worth. It's easier to reinstall. > ... > There was a recent thread on this, and the OP eventually decided to > write a > script that listed every package he had and copy this to > package.mask (with > ">" in front of course), then just wait for everything in stable to > catch up. I considered that to be an easy & straight-forward way to undertake the "downgrade". I'm not sure if every installed package was marked in this way or merely every package in world? But indeed the poster who suggested this method stated that he had gone from ~x86 to fully x86 in a matter of a few months. Stroller.