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 1MbN1m-00086I-P8 for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Wed, 12 Aug 2009 23:14:43 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id A1A76E02F4; Wed, 12 Aug 2009 23:14:41 +0000 (UTC) Received: from ey-out-1920.google.com (ey-out-1920.google.com [74.125.78.148]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6342CE02F4 for ; Wed, 12 Aug 2009 23:14:41 +0000 (UTC) Received: by ey-out-1920.google.com with SMTP id 5so118706eyb.10 for ; Wed, 12 Aug 2009 16:14:40 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from :user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references:in-reply-to :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=+9BrGEMDnfp9goOabV2N1WrBwC/Lo6xZ2yvYYfBRIgc=; b=gV/Hq5XO6W+7CUbq1mlbyCdxCD1ii95+lsSXytm3SjAQo+ExMP0qcOGziBoDucQUxg yS9tBOECnrNC8F7ETJ7yi25MUsgAzH+ddEACuqPPnVkqDHeZ1GbjvmVjSCOIE0BGY7Yg T/RlJPgjkOCnHM2QbDJv1yo2WNr/iLixl7LRA= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references :in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=APP38BUwy5SYnrbqW9uwPWzsxO01OHtU5CTazMQOFjKqixhaCcXzHlWvIuQbvAJem0 zqZHjDg8VZMeUSJQMAH2s0bNTBB8xkltRSJcfidlXWYSTZcR3NOMZw2ZT254VBBmsyLZ 9qGQb6IvT+QvDN50yoHQPcZzhoC4ItwOzMf84= Received: by 10.210.110.5 with SMTP id i5mr836740ebc.3.1250118880857; Wed, 12 Aug 2009 16:14:40 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ?192.168.1.2? (cpc2-cmbg14-0-0-cust882.cmbg.cable.ntl.com [213.106.91.115]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id 10sm703540eyz.51.2009.08.12.16.14.39 (version=SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Wed, 12 Aug 2009 16:14:40 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <4A834AED.40601@gmail.com> Date: Thu, 13 Aug 2009 00:06:21 +0100 From: bn User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.22 (X11/20090707) 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 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Knock on wood References: <7bef1f890908112213r5a7e08a4k7703ca14a9d9bcfb@mail.gmail.com> <20090812091028.GA4887@ca.inter.net> <4A82AADF.70600@gmail.com> <2FA4E683-920D-453C-B6E4-3AA7F3F82DF9@stellar.eclipse.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <2FA4E683-920D-453C-B6E4-3AA7F3F82DF9@stellar.eclipse.co.uk> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: 0a5953b2-24c6-422c-9947-f4ea92bd3884 X-Archives-Hash: b545a711a8ac509ba25015306fecd4d4 Stroller ha scritto: > > On 12 Aug 2009, at 12:43, bn wrote: >>> ... >>> Yes, that seems to be the usual reason users leave Gentoo: >>> like owning a dog, you have to find time to maintain/exercise it. >> >> I am starting to be in trouble using Gentoo for this very reason. ... >> >> So I am becoming very reluctant in updating critical components -one >> example is my kernel, which is basically untouched since I installed, in >> late 2007. I know it's counterproductive, because the more I wait, the >> worse it is, but it's always a matter of time, and I don't have that >> time -not to update per se, which I have, but to face problems in case >> critical updates don't go smooth. >> >> Any advice on this kind of situation? I would rather not buy a "backup >> laptop". > > Don't worry. After you've *once* fallen behind far enough, you won't > make this mistake again! LOL, you're scaring me. > The kernel is the *easiest* part to keep up to date, IMO. You can easily > reboot & go back to the old one. For me, it's other software packages > which can become the problem. Oh no, other packages I more or less regularly update -now I'm just behind with Xorg 1.5 because of all the horror stories I've heard on this list.